Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4542 11 Aug 2026, 12:08

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 24:0.787 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.381
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 1:20.042
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.460
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.204
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.874
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 8.793
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.487
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.426
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 9.123
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.246
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.260
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.117
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.863
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 8.440
And the system is very low on memory 4.881
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.394
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.495
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 2.470
And I free up some memory 0.660
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.392
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.462
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 8.206
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
And all tps features are active 8.816
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.662
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.043
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.816
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.618
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.395
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 8.125
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.729
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 8.169
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.537
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.427
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 7.855
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 19.072
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.876
When I write some files expected to persist 1.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.321
# 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" 12.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.124
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 8.386
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 8.553
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.007
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 20.072
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.371
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.109
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
40.591
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 8.827
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.105
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.394
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.278
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.832
When I enable persistence 22.218
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.514
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.771
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.525
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.377
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 5.851
And the computer reboots Tails 33.341
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 15.733
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.099
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.302
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.172
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:16.744
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 8.267
# 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 33.726
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.333
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.330
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.442
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 8.044
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.495
Then persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.100
And all notifications have disappeared 8.742
When I delete the persistent partition 2.658
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.436
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 8.141
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.516
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
1:0.819
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.062
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.592
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.331
And all notifications have disappeared 8.124
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 9.754
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:47.380
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 2:1.834
And I enable persistence 28.136
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.762
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.596
And persistence is enabled 9.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.103
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 7.644
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.881
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.344
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 9.027
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.815
When I enable persistence 14.283
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.961
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 8.415
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.296
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.698
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.704
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.256
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.832
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 8.049
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.860
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.205
And all notifications have disappeared 7.642
# 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" 0.208
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.101
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.238
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.146
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.167
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 8.195
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.067
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.605
When I log in to a new session 8.636
And all notifications have disappeared 7.896
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.386
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 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000