Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4580 01 Sep 2026, 07:37

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 24:32.454 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.026
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.056
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.250
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.763
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 8.329
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.179
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.653
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 8.730
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.612
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 5.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.376
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.204
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
44.744
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 22.100
And the system is very low on memory 5.038
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.587
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.388
And I free up some memory 0.562
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.716
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.944
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 21.548
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
And all tps features are active 8.199
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.845
When I disable the first tps feature 2.459
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.768
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
14.002
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 8.407
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.090
When I disable the first tps feature 2.671
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.083
When I enable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.585
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 21.133
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.503
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.780
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.227
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 8.104
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.589
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.286
When I write some files expected to persist 0.979
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.389
# 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" 11.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.037
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 7.986
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 8.514
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.616
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.152
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.975
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.350
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
39.622
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 8.844
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.629
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.900
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 8.780
When I enable persistence 22.018
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.049
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.572
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.231
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.474
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.180
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 5.956
And the computer reboots Tails 35.256
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.291
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.232
Given I enable persistence 14.911
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.299
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.110
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:22.683
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.107
# 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 32.930
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.512
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.539
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 28.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
41.722
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 9.004
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.515
Then persistence is disabled 0.108
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.706
When I delete the persistent partition 2.721
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.402
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 8.777
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.001
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:0.087
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 8.616
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.418
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.892
And all notifications have disappeared 8.222
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 7.835
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.879
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 2:4.064
And I enable persistence 27.856
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.399
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.521
And persistence is enabled 8.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.909
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 7.684
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.748
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.167
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 8.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.097
When I enable persistence 13.668
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.809
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 8.376
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.172
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.635
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.142
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.237
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.901
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 8.387
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.981
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.090
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 9.044
And all notifications have disappeared 7.645
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.236
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.324
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 8.685
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.898
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.365
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.532
When I log in to a new session 8.863
And all notifications have disappeared 7.553
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.253
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000