Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4546 13 Aug 2026, 14:07

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 23:26.992 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.875
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 1:18.886
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.905
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.655
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 8.841
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.640
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.225
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.446
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 9.034
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.479
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.513
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.750
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.131
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
31.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.167
And the system is very low on memory 4.800
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.227
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.625
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.094
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.428
And I free up some memory 0.596
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.616
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 8.647
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 8.687
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.794
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.128
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.806
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.972
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.667
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 8.326
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.566
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.026
When I enable the first tps feature 2.408
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.531
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 7.912
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 2.559
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.844
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.565
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 7.693
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.711
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.133
When I write some files expected to persist 0.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.279
# 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" 11.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.789
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 7.757
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.064
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.139
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.377
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.411
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 11.474
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.344
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product
41.134
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 8.653
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 14.197
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.636
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 8.598
When I enable persistence 23.565
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.919
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.403
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.482
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.331
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.624
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.133
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
When I cold reboot the computer 5.831
And the computer reboots Tails 34.377
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.286
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.136
Given I enable persistence 13.110
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.083
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.289
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.210
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:9.668
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 8.283
# 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 27.753
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.249
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.216
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
40.985
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 8.475
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.703
Then persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.665
And all notifications have disappeared 8.811
When I delete the persistent partition 2.813
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.205
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 8.383
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.195
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product
58.114
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 8.316
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.760
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.869
And all notifications have disappeared 8.468
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 2.220
And all tps features are enabled 7.849
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.796
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 2:1.118
And I enable persistence 26.923
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.666
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.456
And persistence is enabled 8.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.702
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.655
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.485
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.921
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 9.065
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.282
When I enable persistence 13.784
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.639
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 8.511
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.434
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.248
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.287
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.232
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.711
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 7.928
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.081
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.466
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.308
And all notifications have disappeared 7.232
# 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" 0.131
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.081
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.025
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.281
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 8.204
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.087
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.568
When I log in to a new session 8.545
And all notifications have disappeared 7.440
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.165
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000