Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4583 01 Sep 2026, 23:12

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 22:44.818 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.654
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 1:15.724
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.938
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.261
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.137
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 8.513
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.423
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And persistence is disabled 0.072
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.951
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 8.424
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.812
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.580
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.378
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.171
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.203
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 7.989
And the system is very low on memory 4.888
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.359
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.386
And I free up some memory 0.516
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.698
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.861
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 8.599
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
And all tps features are active 6.927
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.594
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.286
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.900
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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13.128
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 7.859
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.386
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 7.764
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.504
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.905
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 7.466
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.845
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.884
When I write some files expected to persist 0.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
# 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" 11.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.924
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 7.519
And the network is plugged 0.186
And Tor is ready 9.850
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.483
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.969
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.074
Tags: @product
39.696
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.304
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.170
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.063
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.663
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 8.404
When I enable persistence 24.299
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.405
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.889
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.249
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.460
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.838
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
When I cold reboot the computer 5.930
And the computer reboots Tails 33.910
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.218
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.142
Given I enable persistence 12.682
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.143
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.302
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.254
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:4.244
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 8.271
# 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 27.229
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.470
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.590
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
38.477
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 8.143
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.113
Then persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.318
And all notifications have disappeared 7.967
When I delete the persistent partition 2.609
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.807
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 7.812
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.255
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
56.051
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 8.362
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.016
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.365
And all notifications have disappeared 8.294
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.209
And all tps features are enabled 7.475
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.792
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 2:1.394
And I enable persistence 26.830
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.425
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.617
And persistence is enabled 8.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.630
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 7.419
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.753
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.130
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 8.891
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.498
When I enable persistence 13.860
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.400
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 8.391
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.182
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.233
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.137
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.411
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 8.070
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.127
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.118
And all notifications have disappeared 8.267
# 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" 0.162
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.109
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.026
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.358
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 7.975
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.035
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.258
When I try to enable persistence 1.207
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.919
When I log in to a new session 7.871
And all notifications have disappeared 7.037
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.204
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000