Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4584 02 Sep 2026, 07:30

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 22:36.303 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.882
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 1:16.019
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.040
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.207
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.444
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 8.141
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.429
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.208
And persistence is disabled 0.068
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.877
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.486
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.346
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.950
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.145
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
29.942
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 7.843
And the system is very low on memory 4.690
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.148
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.458
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.113
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.340
And I free up some memory 0.495
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.811
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.139
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 8.331
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
And all tps features are active 7.427
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.683
When I disable the first tps feature 2.448
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.688
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.173
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.091
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 7.811
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.485
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.175
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 7.673
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.516
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.808
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.370
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 7.676
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.129
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.699
When I write some files expected to persist 0.777
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.195
# 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" 10.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.777
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 7.735
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.472
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 5.221
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.594
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.069
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.357
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
37.799
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 8.175
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.116
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.629
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.165
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 8.170
When I enable persistence 21.370
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.594
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.024
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.259
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.418
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.495
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.113
When I cold reboot the computer 5.821
And the computer reboots Tails 31.646
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.206
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 12.190
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.054
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.139
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.009
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:16.784
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 21.186
# 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 27.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.571
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.405
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.584
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 8.058
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.541
Then persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.029
And all notifications have disappeared 8.937
When I delete the persistent partition 2.658
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.319
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 7.717
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.295
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.085
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
55.227
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 8.353
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.039
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.449
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.900
And all notifications have disappeared 7.695
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.208
And all tps features are enabled 7.551
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.415
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 1:58.076
And I enable persistence 26.384
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.949
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.512
And persistence is enabled 7.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.817
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 7.365
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.009
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
51.740
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 21.041
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.706
When I enable persistence 12.264
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.793
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 8.071
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.499
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.606
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.166
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.078
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.271
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 7.824
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.582
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 7.969
And all notifications have disappeared 7.377
# 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" 0.095
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.067
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.159
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.972
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.681
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 7.850
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.856
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.246
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.211
When I log in to a new session 8.089
And all notifications have disappeared 6.376
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.080
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000