Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4561 19 Aug 2026, 19:54

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 21:52.279 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:26.319
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 1:15.494
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.719
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.163
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.751
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 8.378
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.373
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.194
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.647
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 8.526
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.480
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.193
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 7.913
And the system is very low on memory 4.574
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.223
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.439
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.089
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.335
And I free up some memory 0.440
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.125
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.120
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 8.033
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
And all tps features are active 7.901
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.722
When I disable the first tps feature 2.520
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.340
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
12.839
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 7.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.432
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.025
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 7.584
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.439
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.840
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.705
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 7.427
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 9.995
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.220
When I write some files expected to persist 0.940
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.137
# 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" 10.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.860
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 7.635
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 9.941
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.273
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.907
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.045
And Tor is ready 10.333
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.084
Tags: @product
36.624
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 8.242
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.554
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.947
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 8.333
When I enable persistence 20.313
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.718
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.445
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.262
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.453
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.746
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
When I cold reboot the computer 5.860
And the computer reboots Tails 32.218
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 12.007
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.072
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.311
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.111
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:1.672
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 8.106
# 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 27.449
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.884
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.630
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.081
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 8.331
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.793
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.903
And all notifications have disappeared 8.103
When I delete the persistent partition 2.576
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.111
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 7.793
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.911
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.034
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 7.719
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.466
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.517
And all notifications have disappeared 7.897
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.199
And all tps features are enabled 7.338
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.943
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 1:52.996
And I enable persistence 25.667
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.120
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.497
And persistence is enabled 7.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.832
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 7.256
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.101
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.421
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 7.761
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.708
When I enable persistence 12.072
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.034
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.447
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 7.673
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.772
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.381
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.099
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.076
Then persistence is successfully enabled 2.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.290
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 7.734
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.139
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.880
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.243
And all notifications have disappeared 6.950
# 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" 0.099
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.060
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.136
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.977
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.408
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 7.741
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.609
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.261
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.285
When I log in to a new session 7.993
And all notifications have disappeared 7.377
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.031
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000