Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4541 11 Aug 2026, 11:15

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 23:55.447 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.238
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 1:22.016
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.131
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.296
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.965
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 9.008
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.521
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.212
And persistence is disabled 0.154
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.193
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 8.818
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.095
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.477
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 5.412
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.810
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.904
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 8.107
And the system is very low on memory 4.730
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.241
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.581
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.464
And I free up some memory 0.495
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.110
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:2.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.719
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 8.637
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.847
When I disable the first tps feature 2.576
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.709
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.464
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.015
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.819
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 8.318
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.618
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.656
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 8.013
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I disable the first tps feature 2.552
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.779
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.262
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 8.012
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 8.978
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.167
When I write some files expected to persist 1.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.539
# 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" 11.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.987
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 7.893
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 8.694
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.312
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.352
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.096
And Tor is ready 10.816
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.366
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.143
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.061
Tags: @product
40.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.121
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.506
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.107
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 9.068
When I enable persistence 23.446
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.458
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.485
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.436
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.311
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.339
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 6.068
And the computer reboots Tails 34.735
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
Given I enable persistence 14.813
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.101
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.215
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.219
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:13.930
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 8.891
# 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 29.961
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.638
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.210
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 8.581
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.096
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.870
And all notifications have disappeared 8.733
When I delete the persistent partition 2.620
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.750
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 8.131
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.912
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
59.042
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 8.772
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.316
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.067
And all notifications have disappeared 7.784
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 8.250
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.463
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:3.731
And I enable persistence 29.602
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.611
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 8.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.010
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 7.682
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.799
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.528
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 8.915
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.756
When I enable persistence 13.263
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.610
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 9.112
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.539
When I try to enable persistence 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.251
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.563
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.077
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.817
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 the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.901
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.099
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 7.518
And all notifications have disappeared 8.728
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.080
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.467
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 7.981
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.484
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.697
When I log in to a new session 9.023
And all notifications have disappeared 7.762
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.180
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000