Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4539 10 Aug 2026, 12:50

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 24:10.589 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:48.744
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 1:33.901
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.925
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.264
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.316
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 8.759
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.229
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.216
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.728
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 9.019
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.180
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 5.409
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
30.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.618
And the system is very low on memory 4.785
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.213
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.917
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.395
And I free up some memory 0.636
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.938
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.168
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 9.016
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And all tps features are active 7.907
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.025
When I disable the first tps feature 2.611
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.594
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.361
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.001
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.837
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 8.235
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.125
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.121
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.497
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 7.876
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.553
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.002
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 7.968
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.331
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.087
When I write some files expected to persist 1.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
# 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" 12.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.593
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 8.062
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.270
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.569
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.035
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.910
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.350
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
42.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.314
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.476
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.748
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 9.203
When I enable persistence 24.855
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.835
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.447
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.472
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.404
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.697
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.038
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 5.964
And the computer reboots Tails 34.657
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.155
Given I enable persistence 14.129
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.198
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.020
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:10.301
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 8.931
# 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 27.754
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.403
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
40.107
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 8.398
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.162
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.472
And all notifications have disappeared 9.019
When I delete the persistent partition 2.660
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.802
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 8.199
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.590
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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1:1.258
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 8.162
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.611
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.006
And all notifications have disappeared 8.392
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.310
And all tps features are enabled 8.801
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.756
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 2:0.460
And I enable persistence 29.312
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.372
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.741
And persistence is enabled 8.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.353
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 7.913
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.922
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.325
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 8.419
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.283
When I enable persistence 13.917
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.871
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 8.412
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.550
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.238
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.129
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.660
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.235
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.436
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 8.177
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.219
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.101
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.416
And all notifications have disappeared 7.748
# 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" 0.213
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.103
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.201
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.092
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.482
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 7.691
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.439
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.909
When I log in to a new session 9.033
And all notifications have disappeared 7.838
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.138
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000