Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4591 03 Sep 2026, 15:24

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 24:39.374 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.319
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 1:21.306
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.946
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.228
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.137
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.266
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.950
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.921
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 9.454
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.383
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.671
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.523
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.181
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
32.076
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 8.745
And the system is very low on memory 5.036
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.251
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.680
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.385
And I free up some memory 0.518
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.329
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.332
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 8.557
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 9.117
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.203
When I disable the first tps feature 2.568
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.057
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
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13.978
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 8.418
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.614
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.076
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.766
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 7.948
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.710
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.566
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 7.827
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.812
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.551
When I write some files expected to persist 1.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.493
# 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" 11.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:43.679
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 7.927
And the network is plugged 0.149
And Tor is ready 11.008
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.305
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.782
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.811
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
43.008
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 9.251
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 13.920
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.096
When I enable persistence 23.621
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.214
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.564
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.320
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.420
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.507
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
When I cold reboot the computer 6.227
And the computer reboots Tails 34.097
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.338
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.261
Given I enable persistence 16.762
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.095
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.286
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.405
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:16.731
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 9.011
# 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 33.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.154
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:11.228
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.486
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 8.834
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.835
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.233
And all notifications have disappeared 8.395
When I delete the persistent partition 2.792
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:28.208
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 8.624
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.466
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.823
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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1:2.963
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.148
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.816
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.180
And all notifications have disappeared 8.335
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 10.089
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:5.659
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 2:19.548
And I enable persistence 28.578
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.893
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.513
And persistence is enabled 9.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.188
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 8.233
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.371
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.934
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.231
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.749
When I enable persistence 16.005
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.191
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 8.266
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.288
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.187
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.751
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 8.180
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.225
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.845
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 10.516
And all notifications have disappeared 8.022
# 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" 0.201
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.147
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.230
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.245
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.581
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.405
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.267
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.244
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.235
When I log in to a new session 8.078
And all notifications have disappeared 8.635
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.845
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000