Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4519 29 Jul 2026, 21:40

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 22:15.934 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.203
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 1:21.192
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.753
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.274
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.337
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.668
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.501
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.516
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 8.705
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.310
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.258
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.413
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.356
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.218
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
30.638
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 7.710
And the system is very low on memory 4.589
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.267
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.838
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.112
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.483
And I free up some memory 0.859
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.734
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.341
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 8.085
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
And all tps features are active 5.724
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.986
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.177
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
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13.054
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 7.705
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.944
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 7.178
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I disable the first tps feature 2.653
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.888
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.883
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 7.156
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.413
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.099
When I write some files expected to persist 1.190
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.443
# 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" 12.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.452
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 7.105
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.711
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.411
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.649
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.737
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.430
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
41.987
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.764
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.106
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.726
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.702
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 8.664
When I enable persistence 22.136
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.825
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.841
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.363
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 6.539
And the computer reboots Tails 39.353
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.306
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.170
Given I enable persistence 11.807
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.816
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:13.924
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 7.544
# 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 29.075
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.624
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.544
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
41.231
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 7.954
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.558
Then persistence is disabled 0.116
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.865
And all notifications have disappeared 8.610
When I delete the persistent partition 2.694
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.065
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 7.594
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.618
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.350
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
53.248
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 7.501
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.598
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.015
And all notifications have disappeared 8.284
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.447
And all tps features are enabled 5.735
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.719
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 34.091
And I enable persistence 26.063
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.534
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.643
And persistence is enabled 5.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.281
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 7.109
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.526
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.513
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.093
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.420
When I enable persistence 11.065
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.499
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 7.550
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.409
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.487
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.267
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.519
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 7.285
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.003
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.590
And all notifications have disappeared 10.971
# 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" 0.189
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.615
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.386
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.870
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 7.566
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.098
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.916
When I log in to a new session 10.310
And all notifications have disappeared 9.323
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.387
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000