Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4534 07 Aug 2026, 11:19

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 23:43.916 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.732
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 1:17.906
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.881
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.238
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.250
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 22.380
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.826
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.218
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.779
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 logged in 8.993
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.817
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.075
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.161
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
30.524
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 8.371
And the system is very low on memory 4.674
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.410
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.359
And I free up some memory 0.462
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.890
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.109
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 8.303
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
And all tps features are active 8.686
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.888
When I disable the first tps feature 2.470
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.823
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.966
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product
13.263
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 7.886
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.599
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.469
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 21.001
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 2.540
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.748
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
50.432
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 8.037
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.879
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.599
When I write some files expected to persist 0.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
# 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" 11.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.322
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 7.589
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.547
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.338
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.874
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 12.183
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.402
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
40.511
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 8.237
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.662
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:51.801
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 8.522
When I enable persistence 23.491
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.545
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.279
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.397
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.569
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.736
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
When I cold reboot the computer 5.900
And the computer reboots Tails 33.808
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.275
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.286
Given I enable persistence 12.657
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.291
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.262
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
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2:13.287
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 8.282
# 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 28.726
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.431
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
38.142
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 8.345
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.963
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.132
And all notifications have disappeared 7.723
When I delete the persistent partition 2.660
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.476
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 8.379
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.098
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
55.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.129
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.161
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.442
And all notifications have disappeared 8.158
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.334
And all tps features are enabled 8.818
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.059
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 1:59.778
And I enable persistence 25.984
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.857
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.530
And persistence is enabled 7.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.155
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 7.659
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.890
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.837
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 8.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.075
When I enable persistence 14.079
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.139
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 8.050
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.495
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.326
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.368
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.236
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.930
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.184
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.572
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.658
And all notifications have disappeared 7.911
# 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" 0.277
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.216
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.202
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.504
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 8.130
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.978
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.318
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.531
When I log in to a new session 7.870
And all notifications have disappeared 7.319
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 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000