Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4522 30 Jul 2026, 00:58

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 22:11.028 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.608
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 1:18.468
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.257
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.242
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.690
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 8.198
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.075
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.197
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.962
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 8.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.287
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 5.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.596
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.146
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.510
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 7.813
And the system is very low on memory 4.480
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.291
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.999
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.682
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.691
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.182
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" 0.323
And all tps features are active 7.394
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.685
When I disable the first tps feature 2.431
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.957
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.462
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.360
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
13.067
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 7.897
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.019
When I enable the first tps feature 2.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.037
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
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 7.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I disable the first tps feature 2.470
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.720
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.454
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 7.503
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.166
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.574
When I write some files expected to persist 0.847
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.204
# 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" 11.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.865
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 7.511
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 9.524
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.228
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.499
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.335
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
36.611
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 8.186
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.247
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.816
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 8.300
When I enable persistence 22.399
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.328
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.737
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.193
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.157
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.489
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.021
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 5.739
And the computer reboots Tails 32.098
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.213
Given I enable persistence 12.411
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.182
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.866
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.445
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 7.845
# 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 31.005
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.171
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.472
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.652
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 8.307
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.204
Then persistence is disabled 0.147
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.204
And all notifications have disappeared 7.895
When I delete the persistent partition 2.561
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.413
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 7.732
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.616
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.815
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.036
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 8.151
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.758
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.499
And all notifications have disappeared 8.117
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.210
And all tps features are enabled 7.241
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:37.176
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 1:56.781
And I enable persistence 25.489
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.569
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.483
And persistence is enabled 7.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.115
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 7.278
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.326
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.084
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 8.260
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.308
When I enable persistence 12.747
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.382
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 8.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.172
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.155
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.130
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.102
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.173
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 7.919
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.181
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I log in to a new session 7.928
And all notifications have disappeared 8.380
# 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" 0.114
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.143
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.833
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 7.870
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.476
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.378
When I log in to a new session 7.828
And all notifications have disappeared 6.714
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.179
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000