Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4575 28 Aug 2026, 11:13

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 24:2.894 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:43.188
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:28.747
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.355
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.392
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.820
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 8.139
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.503
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.223
And persistence is disabled 0.059
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.928
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 8.614
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.236
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.936
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.378
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.427
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.154
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.061
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 7.761
And the system is very low on memory 4.770
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.193
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.605
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.324
And I free up some memory 0.448
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.772
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.074
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 8.419
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
And all tps features are active 7.942
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.961
When I disable the first tps feature 3.007
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.735
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.581
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
26.199
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 20.829
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.038
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.535
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 7.924
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.485
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.967
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.055
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 7.659
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 10.162
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.394
When I write some files expected to persist 0.983
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.691
# 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" 11.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.318
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 20.753
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.588
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.410
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.175
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.702
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.347
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product
40.042
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 8.516
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.067
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.959
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.858
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 8.548
When I enable persistence 24.975
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.354
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.279
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.283
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.477
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.592
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 6.052
And the computer reboots Tails 32.740
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.231
Given I enable persistence 14.337
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.205
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.685
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.339
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 8.332
# 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 30.168
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.217
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.577
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
38.178
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 7.920
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.707
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.255
And all notifications have disappeared 8.289
When I delete the persistent partition 2.623
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.375
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 7.911
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.042
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.777
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
55.517
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 8.039
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.086
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.236
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.113
And all notifications have disappeared 7.588
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.364
And all tps features are enabled 8.061
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:13.732
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 2:25.798
And I enable persistence 29.387
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.769
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.553
And persistence is enabled 9.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.601
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.970
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.153
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.124
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 8.258
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.225
When I enable persistence 15.757
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.337
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 7.851
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.511
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.092
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.640
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 7.997
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.827
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 7.983
And all notifications have disappeared 7.996
# 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" 0.118
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.125
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.313
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.095
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.963
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 7.860
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.448
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.256
When I log in to a new session 8.196
And all notifications have disappeared 6.770
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.144
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000