Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4529 04 Aug 2026, 11:37

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 22:36.988 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.733
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 1:19.354
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.675
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.322
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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31.065
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 8.498
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.199
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 8.809
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.914
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.653
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.180
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.073
Tags: @product
30.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.558
And the system is very low on memory 4.544
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.975
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.463
And I free up some memory 0.892
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.340
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.814
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 8.324
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 5.701
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.132
When I disable the first tps feature 2.502
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.781
Then all tps features but the first one are active 5.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
13.365
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 7.918
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
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 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.516
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.948
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 7.204
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.592
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.938
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.087
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 7.133
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 13.404
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.154
When I write some files expected to persist 1.281
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.597
# 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" 12.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.539
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.299
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 10.115
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 5.499
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.014
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.834
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
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 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.065
Tags: @product
44.910
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 8.384
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.685
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
3:5.117
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 8.392
When I enable persistence 20.331
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.983
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.572
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.240
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 9.906
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.017
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
When I cold reboot the computer 4.880
And the computer reboots Tails 38.632
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.283
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 12.302
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.241
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.404
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:14.142
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 8.360
# 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 31.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.990
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.204
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
41.703
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 7.859
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.979
Then persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.859
And all notifications have disappeared 8.774
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.835
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 7.755
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.880
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.839
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
53.245
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 8.058
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.127
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.946
And all notifications have disappeared 8.318
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 5.763
And all tps features but the first one are active 5.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.910
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 33.411
And I enable persistence 26.467
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.506
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.655
And persistence is enabled 5.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.824
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 7.466
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 19.818
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.305
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 7.915
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.162
When I enable persistence 11.013
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 6.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.686
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.856
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.367
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.881
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.447
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.173
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.991
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 7.340
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.135
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.659
And all notifications have disappeared 10.129
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.494
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.192
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.390
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.378
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 7.911
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.209
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.166
When I log in to a new session 11.202
And all notifications have disappeared 9.677
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.971
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000