Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4590 03 Sep 2026, 14:27

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 24:3.811 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.331
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.600
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.373
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 8.534
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.463
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.232
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.122
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.356
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.942
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 5.317
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.840
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
31.508
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 8.782
And the system is very low on memory 4.876
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.177
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.525
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.477
And I free up some memory 0.515
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.004
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.994
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 8.635
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
And all tps features are active 8.319
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.739
When I disable the first tps feature 2.461
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.808
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.403
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
13.980
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 8.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.086
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.465
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.656
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 8.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 3.071
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.987
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 8.127
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 9.602
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.699
When I write some files expected to persist 1.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.601
# 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" 11.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.919
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 8.334
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.806
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.401
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.558
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.121
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.052
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product
40.737
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 8.912
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.119
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.899
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:58.886
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 8.949
When I enable persistence 24.286
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.043
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.058
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.393
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.169
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.461
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.780
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
When I cold reboot the computer 6.149
And the computer reboots Tails 34.819
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.268
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.122
Given I enable persistence 13.880
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.413
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.697
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:12.576
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 8.577
# 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 30.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.421
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.941
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.134
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 8.406
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.100
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.825
And all notifications have disappeared 8.610
When I delete the persistent partition 2.742
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.120
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 8.281
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.585
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.944
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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1:1.419
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 8.737
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.316
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.553
And all notifications have disappeared 8.940
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.383
And all tps features are enabled 8.807
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.585
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 2:3.039
And I enable persistence 28.597
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.702
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.640
And persistence is enabled 8.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.673
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 8.261
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.876
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.968
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 8.787
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.652
When I enable persistence 14.266
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.140
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 8.363
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.843
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.036
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.104
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.506
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.222
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.257
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 8.317
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.438
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.189
And all notifications have disappeared 8.427
# 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" 0.159
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.097
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.234
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.135
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.769
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 8.260
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.050
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.219
When I log in to a new session 8.272
And all notifications have disappeared 8.312
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.330
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000