Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4589 03 Sep 2026, 11:09

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 23:21.221 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.222
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 1:15.603
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.732
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.181
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.421
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 8.343
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.587
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.180
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.511
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 8.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.228
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.377
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.664
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
29.185
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 8.110
And the system is very low on memory 4.790
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.201
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.188
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.407
And I free up some memory 0.504
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.843
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.661
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 8.387
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 8.221
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.731
When I disable the first tps feature 2.531
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.350
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.697
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.682
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
26.452
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 21.081
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.560
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.953
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 7.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.467
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.754
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.624
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 7.934
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.775
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.857
When I write some files expected to persist 1.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.401
# 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" 11.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.097
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 7.787
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.827
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.278
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.021
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.396
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.062
Tags: @product
40.045
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 8.714
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.132
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.211
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.510
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 8.511
When I enable persistence 22.577
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.753
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.419
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.308
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.551
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.147
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.120
When I cold reboot the computer 6.064
And the computer reboots Tails 32.632
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.126
Given I enable persistence 13.298
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.100
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.297
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.857
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:9.680
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 8.337
# 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 30.413
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.260
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.191
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.901
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 8.079
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.624
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.023
And all notifications have disappeared 8.022
When I delete the persistent partition 2.770
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.141
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 21.270
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.418
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.177
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.839
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 8.086
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.122
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.232
And all notifications have disappeared 8.032
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.218
And all tps features are enabled 7.867
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.775
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 2:0.801
And I enable persistence 26.307
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.584
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.626
And persistence is enabled 7.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.541
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 7.853
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.160
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.381
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 7.990
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.912
When I enable persistence 12.708
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.995
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 7.663
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.680
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.091
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.143
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.235
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.287
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.947
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.927
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.104
And all notifications have disappeared 7.517
# 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" 0.108
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.114
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.131
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.990
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 8.050
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.202
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.233
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.487
When I log in to a new session 7.999
And all notifications have disappeared 7.797
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.220
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000