Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4523 30 Jul 2026, 11:25

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 21:59.580 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.541
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 1:17.098
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.618
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.198
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.135
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 8.237
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.882
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.215
And persistence is disabled 0.077
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.804
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.487
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.272
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.108
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.336
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.512
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 7.714
And the system is very low on memory 4.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.613
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.402
And I free up some memory 0.426
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.760
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.928
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 8.204
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And all tps features are active 7.229
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.513
When I disable the first tps feature 2.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.949
And 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 1:1.664
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
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12.954
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 7.821
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.403
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.024
When I enable the first tps feature 2.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.043
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.068
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 7.686
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.419
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.807
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.990
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 7.509
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.040
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.416
When I write some files expected to persist 0.892
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.187
# 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" 10.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.947
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 7.399
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.374
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.178
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.098
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.173
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
36.739
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 8.066
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.283
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.775
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 8.266
When I enable persistence 21.947
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.784
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.804
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.365
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.450
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.130
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.102
When I cold reboot the computer 4.468
And the computer reboots Tails 32.551
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.288
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 11.987
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.276
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.620
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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2:1.717
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 8.142
# 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 27.019
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.904
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 59.889
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.819
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 7.941
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.962
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.768
And all notifications have disappeared 8.298
When I delete the persistent partition 2.552
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.191
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 7.749
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.036
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
53.122
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 7.876
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.307
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.787
And all notifications have disappeared 8.065
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.239
And all tps features are enabled 6.814
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.814
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
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 1:58.505
And I enable persistence 25.527
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.078
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.491
And persistence is enabled 7.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.957
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 7.338
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.178
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.266
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 7.879
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.508
When I enable persistence 11.969
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.328
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 7.686
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.555
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.105
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.243
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.870
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 7.750
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.477
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.111
And all notifications have disappeared 7.746
# 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" 0.176
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.077
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.015
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.096
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 7.813
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.951
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.239
When I try to enable persistence 1.142
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.345
When I log in to a new session 6.921
And all notifications have disappeared 7.774
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.019
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000