Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4551 16 Aug 2026, 11:10

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 23:27.992 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.001
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 1:17.610
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.530
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.200
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.118
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 8.535
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.008
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.778
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 8.933
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.520
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.362
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.173
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
29.000
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 7.916
And the system is very low on memory 4.611
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.513
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.357
And I free up some memory 0.437
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.847
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.475
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 8.513
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And all tps features are active 7.600
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.939
When I disable the first tps feature 2.555
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.639
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.095
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.228
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 7.741
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.625
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.480
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.172
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 7.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I disable the first tps feature 2.457
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.927
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.754
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 8.039
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.669
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.990
When I write some files expected to persist 1.040
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.327
# 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" 11.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.783
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 7.780
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.531
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.237
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.445
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.993
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
39.754
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 8.640
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.108
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.612
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.601
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 8.550
When I enable persistence 24.196
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.776
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.287
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.274
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.499
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.692
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
When I cold reboot the computer 5.804
And the computer reboots Tails 33.700
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.384
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 13.925
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.308
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.326
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:7.176
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 8.945
# 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 29.011
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.452
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.794
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
39.135
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.198
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.884
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.189
And all notifications have disappeared 8.766
When I delete the persistent partition 2.699
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.513
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 7.820
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.798
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
59.117
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 8.165
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.500
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.714
And all notifications have disappeared 8.538
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.337
And all tps features are enabled 7.794
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.222
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:10.142
And I enable persistence 28.804
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.114
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.501
And persistence is enabled 10.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.472
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 7.717
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.268
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.683
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 8.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.739
When I enable persistence 16.158
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.238
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 8.073
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.515
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.459
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.289
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.216
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.207
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 7.950
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.175
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.027
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 9.221
And all notifications have disappeared 8.218
# 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" 0.174
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.152
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.059
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.553
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 8.419
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.073
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.230
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.846
When I log in to a new session 8.237
And all notifications have disappeared 8.332
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.289
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000