Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4515 27 Jul 2026, 11:35

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 23:46.194 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.692
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.310
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.686
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.313
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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44.320
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 22.029
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.965
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And persistence is disabled 0.131
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.854
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 logged in 8.573
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.527
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.763
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.229
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
32.120
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.819
And the system is very low on memory 4.878
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.256
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.843
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.845
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.863
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.190
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 8.191
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
And all tps features are active 5.966
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.028
When I disable the first tps feature 3.109
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.163
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.904
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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13.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.206
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.632
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.131
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.419
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 8.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 3.214
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.935
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.724
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.462
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.996
When I write some files expected to persist 1.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.941
# 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" 13.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:54.469
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 7.646
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.064
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.546
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.385
And I capture all network traffic 0.010
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.019
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.083
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
45.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.048
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.160
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.640
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.875
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 8.718
When I enable persistence 21.783
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.950
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.350
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.412
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.459
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.192
When I cold reboot the computer 8.960
And the computer reboots Tails 39.955
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.321
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 11.881
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.093
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.252
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.283
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:18.322
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 7.829
# 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 31.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.571
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.737
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product
44.447
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 7.450
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.808
Then persistence is disabled 0.132
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.098
And all notifications have disappeared 8.770
When I delete the persistent partition 2.748
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.063
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.426
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.299
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.456
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 7.889
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.458
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.240
And all notifications have disappeared 8.394
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.378
And all tps features are enabled 5.794
And all tps features but the first one are active 6.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
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 35.538
And I enable persistence 30.226
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.628
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.975
And persistence is enabled 7.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
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 7.646
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.041
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.477
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 8.738
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.272
When I enable persistence 13.023
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.521
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 8.681
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.687
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.305
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.578
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.828
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 7.723
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.084
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.169
And all notifications have disappeared 10.480
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.477
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.302
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 8.317
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.397
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.341
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.926
When I log in to a new session 12.114
And all notifications have disappeared 9.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.815
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000