Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4543 12 Aug 2026, 07:40

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 24:13.433 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.992
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 1:22.026
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.789
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.326
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.415
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 8.583
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.761
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.964
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 8.756
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.356
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.330
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.794
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.335
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.153
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
30.854
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 7.891
And the system is very low on memory 5.177
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.260
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.018
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.113
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.398
And I free up some memory 0.456
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.489
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:49.660
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 8.683
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 8.641
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.185
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.427
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.321
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
13.835
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 8.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.040
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.990
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 21.826
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.479
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.459
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.702
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 7.995
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.980
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.305
When I write some files expected to persist 1.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.513
# 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" 11.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.222
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 8.163
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 10.590
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.140
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.563
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.019
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.992
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.466
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.085
Tags: @product
39.839
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 8.949
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.298
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.944
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 8.895
When I enable persistence 23.851
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.270
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.317
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.341
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.603
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.778
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.151
When I cold reboot the computer 6.352
And the computer reboots Tails 34.133
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.580
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
Given I enable persistence 14.995
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.096
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.155
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.742
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:24.991
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 22.730
# 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 29.392
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.225
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.414
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
38.600
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 8.075
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.455
Then persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.811
And all notifications have disappeared 8.095
When I delete the persistent partition 2.747
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.382
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 8.014
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.686
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.370
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
57.142
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 8.313
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.605
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.399
And all notifications have disappeared 8.337
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.314
And all tps features are enabled 7.592
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.967
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 2:1.345
And I enable persistence 28.349
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.390
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.585
And persistence is enabled 10.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.534
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 8.000
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.098
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.685
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 8.600
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.144
When I enable persistence 16.057
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.682
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 8.223
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.413
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.561
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.614
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.614
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 8.557
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.162
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.185
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I log in to a new session 9.327
And all notifications have disappeared 7.028
# 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" 0.200
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.250
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.172
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.410
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 8.156
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.161
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.244
When I try to enable persistence 1.284
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.376
When I log in to a new session 8.640
And all notifications have disappeared 8.710
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.094
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000