Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4526 01 Aug 2026, 11:23

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 21:57.286 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.275
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 1:20.755
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.428
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.278
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.164
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.068
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.071
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 8.666
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.922
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.456
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.397
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.159
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.383
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 7.321
And the system is very low on memory 4.665
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.359
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.130
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.421
And I free up some memory 0.824
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.439
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.525
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 8.179
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.322
And all tps features are active 5.582
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.015
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.443
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.335
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
12.990
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 7.600
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.088
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.845
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 7.208
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I disable the first tps feature 2.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.834
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.913
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 7.007
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.815
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.826
When I write some files expected to persist 1.310
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.731
# 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" 12.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.921
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 7.538
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.592
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.508
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.567
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.922
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.432
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.087
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
41.042
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 8.332
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.328
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:55.389
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 8.673
When I enable persistence 18.967
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.870
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.563
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.338
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.576
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.757
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 6.130
And the computer reboots Tails 37.481
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.246
Given I enable persistence 11.423
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.057
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
2:13.909
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 8.043
# 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 27.786
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.506
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.394
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
40.052
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 7.660
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.651
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.107
And all notifications have disappeared 8.411
When I delete the persistent partition 2.776
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.627
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 7.219
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.075
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
51.874
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 7.783
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.165
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.419
And all notifications have disappeared 8.007
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.273
And all tps features are enabled 5.222
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.220
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 32.926
And I enable persistence 25.744
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.039
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.654
And persistence is enabled 5.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.132
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 7.291
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.252
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.402
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 7.665
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.557
When I enable persistence 10.806
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.155
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.052
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 7.348
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.475
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.412
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.157
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.082
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 7.244
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.796
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.586
And all notifications have disappeared 9.385
# 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" 0.209
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.685
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.257
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.471
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.015
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 7.485
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.861
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.327
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.103
When I log in to a new session 10.552
And all notifications have disappeared 9.854
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.907
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000