Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4521 30 Jul 2026, 00:29

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 21:8.978 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.277
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 1:18.448
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.846
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.526
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 8.335
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.250
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.143
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 8.418
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.007
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 5.426
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.590
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
29.821
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 7.177
And the system is very low on memory 4.697
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.145
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.916
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.141
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.420
And I free up some memory 0.766
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.502
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.388
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 8.231
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 4.634
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.779
When I disable the first tps feature 2.526
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.915
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.807
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.297
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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12.772
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 7.339
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.576
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.803
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 7.147
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I disable the first tps feature 2.506
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.949
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.628
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 6.994
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.313
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.691
When I write some files expected to persist 1.017
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.771
# 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" 11.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.897
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 6.967
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.585
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.918
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.400
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.310
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.346
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product
41.180
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.085
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.689
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.263
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 8.112
When I enable persistence 19.003
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.923
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.428
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.360
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.487
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.419
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 4.852
And the computer reboots Tails 35.854
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.265
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.191
Given I enable persistence 10.391
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.246
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.006
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:5.526
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.333
# 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 28.958
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.413
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.417
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
38.425
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.434
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.755
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.999
And all notifications have disappeared 8.136
When I delete the persistent partition 2.683
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.317
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 6.994
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.166
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.205
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.233
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.092
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.480
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.703
And all notifications have disappeared 7.860
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 4.535
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.147
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 32.400
And I enable persistence 25.383
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.887
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.571
And persistence is enabled 4.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.829
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 7.005
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.319
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.572
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 8.069
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.092
When I enable persistence 10.309
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.869
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 10.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.794
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.596
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.907
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 7.386
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.992
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.010
And all notifications have disappeared 9.510
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.367
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.149
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.222
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.474
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 7.389
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.134
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.032
When I log in to a new session 9.284
And all notifications have disappeared 9.063
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.363
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000