Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4532 05 Aug 2026, 23:01

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 23:58.264 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.792
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 1:21.865
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.907
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.292
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.435
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 8.510
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.368
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.191
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.998
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 8.685
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.892
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.461
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
30.635
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 8.522
And the system is very low on memory 4.984
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.260
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.929
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.086
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.412
And I free up some memory 0.658
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.740
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.133
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 21.611
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And all tps features are active 8.079
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.965
When I disable the first tps feature 2.479
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.361
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.537
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.305
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
14.097
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 8.698
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.115
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
When I disable the first tps feature 2.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.054
When I enable the first tps feature 2.435
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.295
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 7.656
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.647
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.802
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.101
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 8.094
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 9.591
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.077
When I write some files expected to persist 0.952
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.431
# 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" 11.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.710
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 20.894
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.731
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.588
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.580
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 13.166
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.094
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
40.673
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 8.677
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.650
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.775
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 8.474
When I enable persistence 23.529
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.542
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.351
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.392
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.297
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.709
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.651
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 6.142
And the computer reboots Tails 34.486
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.325
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
Given I enable persistence 12.885
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.397
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.892
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
2:10.279
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 8.732
# 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 26.195
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.610
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.072
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.191
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.113
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.495
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.524
And all notifications have disappeared 8.038
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.538
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 8.221
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.639
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
58.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.810
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.889
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.935
And all notifications have disappeared 8.286
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.260
And all tps features are enabled 8.619
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:44.006
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 1:58.736
And I enable persistence 27.861
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.165
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.589
And persistence is enabled 8.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.058
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 7.752
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.823
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.879
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 8.867
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.440
When I enable persistence 13.140
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.672
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 8.628
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.695
When I try to enable persistence 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.878
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.126
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.223
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.945
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 7.944
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.560
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.081
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.990
And all notifications have disappeared 8.448
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.373
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.051
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.760
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 7.873
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.688
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.342
When I try to enable persistence 1.215
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.274
When I log in to a new session 8.444
And all notifications have disappeared 6.715
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.439
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000