Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4517 28 Jul 2026, 19:44

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 22:10.329 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.163
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 1:24.244
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.640
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.327
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.979
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 8.551
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.429
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 9.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.397
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.858
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.656
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.248
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 7.472
And the system is very low on memory 4.311
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.326
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.808
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.185
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.484
And I free up some memory 1.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.533
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.846
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 8.109
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.311
And all tps features are active 5.313
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.464
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.579
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.774
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.586
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 7.671
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.082
When I disable the first tps feature 3.037
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.250
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 enabled and logged in 7.363
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I disable the first tps feature 2.700
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.949
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.535
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 7.188
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.875
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.398
When I write some files expected to persist 1.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.510
# 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" 12.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.153
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 7.010
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.463
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.476
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.814
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 11.587
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.427
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
40.927
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.470
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.007
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.555
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 8.753
When I enable persistence 20.805
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.885
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.710
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.334
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" 4.695
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.114
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 6.242
And the computer reboots Tails 38.284
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.246
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.185
Given I enable persistence 11.619
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.820
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:11.044
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 8.098
# 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 29.403
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.559
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.188
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
40.056
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 7.988
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.418
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.295
And all notifications have disappeared 8.233
When I delete the persistent partition 2.675
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.657
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 7.765
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.082
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.191
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
51.942
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 7.222
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.847
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.548
And all notifications have disappeared 8.010
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.303
And all tps features are enabled 5.020
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.804
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 33.141
And I enable persistence 26.773
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.017
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.607
And persistence is enabled 6.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.702
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 7.268
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.834
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.768
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 7.936
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.010
When I enable persistence 10.817
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.817
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 7.800
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.828
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.063
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.366
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.149
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.605
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 7.869
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.040
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.208
And all notifications have disappeared 9.766
# 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" 0.193
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.595
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.434
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.253
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 7.406
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.419
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.351
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.090
When I log in to a new session 10.465
And all notifications have disappeared 9.904
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.698
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000