Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4514 26 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 22:24.889 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.289
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 1:20.974
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.070
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.545
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 8.281
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.211
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.848
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.788
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.751
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.947
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
30.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.628
And the system is very low on memory 4.241
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.336
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.839
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.227
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.506
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.732
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.855
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 20.669
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.392
And all tps features are active 5.767
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.164
When I disable the first tps feature 2.997
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.026
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.483
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.061
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.466
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 7.887
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.104
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.096
When I disable the first tps feature 2.638
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.072
When I enable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.422
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 7.102
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 3.065
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.985
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.892
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 7.172
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.801
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.279
When I write some files expected to persist 1.169
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.531
# 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" 12.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.200
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 6.993
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.333
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.174
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.375
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.165
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.566
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.365
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.094
Tags: @product
41.429
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 8.784
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.128
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.395
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.949
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 8.507
When I enable persistence 20.665
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.650
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.517
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.389
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.501
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.451
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
When I cold reboot the computer 6.242
And the computer reboots Tails 36.743
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.269
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 11.699
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.274
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.217
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:13.982
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 8.468
# 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 28.385
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.459
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.474
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.526
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 7.926
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.427
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.200
And all notifications have disappeared 8.694
When I delete the persistent partition 2.790
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.944
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 8.219
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.597
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.764
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
53.456
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 7.957
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.442
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.401
And all notifications have disappeared 8.023
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.847
And all tps features are enabled 6.034
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.074
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 31.785
And I enable persistence 25.540
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.114
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.666
And persistence is enabled 5.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.578
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 7.356
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.748
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.467
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 7.897
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.624
When I enable persistence 11.170
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.628
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 7.543
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.859
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.206
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.277
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.177
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.673
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 7.745
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.159
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I log in to a new session 10.569
And all notifications have disappeared 9.602
# 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" 0.202
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.438
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.197
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.436
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.272
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 7.604
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.864
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.150
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.828
When I log in to a new session 10.191
And all notifications have disappeared 9.703
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.890
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000