Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4600 08 Sep 2026, 00:22

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 21:52.469 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.373
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 1:17.934
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.390
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.198
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.461
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 8.500
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.839
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.193
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.310
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 8.456
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.620
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.037
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
27.809
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.993
And the system is very low on memory 4.098
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.834
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.068
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.302
And I free up some memory 0.466
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.784
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.881
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 8.178
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And all tps features are active 7.845
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.486
When I disable the first tps feature 2.515
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.743
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.044
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 7.735
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.085
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.028
When I enable the first tps feature 2.471
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.432
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 7.591
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.446
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.229
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.161
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 7.528
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 8.243
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.196
When I write some files expected to persist 0.939
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.250
# 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" 10.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:47.775
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.551
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.481
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.102
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.553
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.087
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.393
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.382
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product
36.347
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.393
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.077
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.537
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.799
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.420
When I enable persistence 20.852
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.528
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.310
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.264
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.421
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.746
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 5.665
And the computer reboots Tails 31.161
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.156
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.102
Given I enable persistence 12.708
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.308
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.484
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:0.643
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.151
# 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 26.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.193
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.764
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.100
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 7.709
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.265
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.067
And all notifications have disappeared 8.131
When I delete the persistent partition 2.603
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:13.253
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 7.807
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.967
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
53.040
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 7.997
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.300
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.094
And all notifications have disappeared 8.361
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.223
And all tps features are enabled 7.445
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:31.916
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 1:52.986
And I enable persistence 24.139
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.787
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.440
And persistence is enabled 7.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.839
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 7.357
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.044
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.758
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 7.816
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.918
When I enable persistence 12.278
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.088
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.436
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 7.827
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.693
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.326
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.081
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.113
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.083
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.131
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 7.938
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.751
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 8.143
And all notifications have disappeared 7.770
# 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" 0.115
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.082
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.010
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.952
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 7.811
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.251
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.214
When I try to enable persistence 1.133
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.571
When I log in to a new session 7.608
And all notifications have disappeared 6.641
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.049
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000