Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4548 14 Aug 2026, 07:39

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 23:14.707 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.050
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 1:20.767
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.280
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.213
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.429
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 8.601
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.520
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
And persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.561
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 8.744
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.951
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.195
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.178
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.898
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 7.855
And the system is very low on memory 4.924
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.230
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.535
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.080
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.572
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.227
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.628
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 21.615
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.254
And all tps features are active 8.041
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.351
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.932
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.303
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.549
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 8.259
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I disable the first tps feature 2.519
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.400
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.189
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I disable the first tps feature 2.543
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.786
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.444
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 7.521
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.161
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.889
When I write some files expected to persist 0.908
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.378
# 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" 11.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.089
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 7.603
And the network is plugged 0.097
And Tor is ready 8.677
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.441
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.376
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
39.926
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 8.292
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.060
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.307
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:51.461
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 8.369
When I enable persistence 22.926
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.818
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.182
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.337
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.487
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.419
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 5.997
And the computer reboots Tails 32.551
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.275
Given I enable persistence 13.202
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.088
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.376
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.430
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:5.255
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 8.171
# 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 29.570
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.380
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.598
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
38.755
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.207
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.180
Then persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.877
And all notifications have disappeared 8.501
When I delete the persistent partition 2.614
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.247
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 8.176
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.533
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
58.405
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 8.191
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.828
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.170
And all notifications have disappeared 8.463
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.235
And all tps features are enabled 7.742
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.075
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 1:59.133
And I enable persistence 26.612
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.560
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.555
And persistence is enabled 8.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.658
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 7.449
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.645
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.887
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 8.500
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.516
When I enable persistence 14.078
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.145
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 8.134
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.861
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.189
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.105
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.115
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.097
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.859
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 7.791
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.298
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 8.883
And all notifications have disappeared 7.089
# 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" 0.096
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.158
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.199
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.189
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 8.169
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.180
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.138
When I log in to a new session 8.465
And all notifications have disappeared 7.394
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.398
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000