Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4581 01 Sep 2026, 11:19

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 24:5.937 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.325
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 1:19.671
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.577
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.366
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.789
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 8.701
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.733
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.217
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.606
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 9.185
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.288
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.712
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.481
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.669
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 8.588
And the system is very low on memory 4.732
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.996
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 2.543
And I free up some memory 0.542
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.957
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.314
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 8.747
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.376
And all tps features are active 10.043
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.915
When I disable the first tps feature 2.645
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.586
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.206
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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26.847
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 21.336
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.582
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.027
When I enable the first tps feature 2.553
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.148
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
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 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.612
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.959
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.568
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 7.851
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.014
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.259
When I write some files expected to persist 1.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
# 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" 11.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.429
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 enabled and logged in 8.443
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.328
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.565
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.615
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.705
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.414
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.072
Tags: @product
41.066
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 8.954
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.105
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.048
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.602
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 9.070
When I enable persistence 23.531
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.056
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.235
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.188
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.558
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.734
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
When I cold reboot the computer 6.036
And the computer reboots Tails 35.018
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.248
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.186
Given I enable persistence 13.095
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.059
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.160
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.882
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:12.765
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 9.123
# 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 29.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.621
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.268
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
41.972
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 8.167
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.269
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.195
And all notifications have disappeared 9.175
When I delete the persistent partition 2.753
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.663
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 8.107
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.423
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
58.949
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 8.617
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.593
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.454
And all notifications have disappeared 7.043
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.255
And all tps features are enabled 8.715
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.287
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 2:0.452
And I enable persistence 27.968
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.558
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.485
And persistence is enabled 8.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.520
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 7.844
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.018
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.470
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 8.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.561
When I enable persistence 14.916
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.412
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.470
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 8.393
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.381
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.659
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.293
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.094
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.442
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 7.877
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.531
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 9.527
And all notifications have disappeared 8.244
# 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" 0.208
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.118
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.291
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.176
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.026
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 8.313
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.029
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.265
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.814
When I log in to a new session 9.052
And all notifications have disappeared 8.304
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.325
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000