Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4527 02 Aug 2026, 11:17

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 21:8.175 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.385
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 1:17.331
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.068
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.230
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.827
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 8.122
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.978
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.065
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 8.439
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.978
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 5.444
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.198
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.850
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 7.255
And the system is very low on memory 4.362
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.288
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.683
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.118
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.357
And I free up some memory 0.802
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.929
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.242
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 7.937
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
And all tps features are active 4.716
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.920
When I disable the first tps feature 2.495
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.959
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.220
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
12.684
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 7.379
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.433
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.553
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 7.037
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.473
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.871
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.400
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 6.847
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 19.097
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.176
When I write some files expected to persist 1.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.430
# 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" 11.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.223
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 7.089
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.834
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.346
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.818
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
40.982
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 8.210
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 12.826
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.453
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 8.283
When I enable persistence 18.306
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.704
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.460
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.518
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.831
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 6.051
And the computer reboots Tails 35.879
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.256
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 9.677
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.234
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.129
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
2:9.888
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 7.739
# 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 30.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.355
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.342
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.811
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 7.786
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.128
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.523
And all notifications have disappeared 8.193
When I delete the persistent partition 2.760
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.235
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 7.231
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.342
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.367
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
48.835
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 7.803
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.509
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.919
And all notifications have disappeared 7.793
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.261
And all tps features are enabled 4.678
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.805
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 32.398
And I enable persistence 24.018
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.510
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.639
And persistence is enabled 5.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.794
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 7.046
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.273
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.017
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 7.685
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.785
When I enable persistence 10.158
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.566
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 7.433
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.353
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.086
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.353
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.150
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.564
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 7.011
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.640
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 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.899
And all notifications have disappeared 9.882
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.399
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.221
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.988
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 7.262
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.129
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.436
When I log in to a new session 10.196
And all notifications have disappeared 8.295
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.378
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000