Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4601 08 Sep 2026, 07:41

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 23:39.421 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.925
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 1:31.244
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.865
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.165
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.123
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 21.884
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.048
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.080
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.843
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 8.601
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.370
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.217
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.973
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.192
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.958
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 7.952
And the system is very low on memory 4.468
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.590
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.437
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.673
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.649
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 8.629
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.323
And all tps features are active 8.378
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.714
When I disable the first tps feature 2.738
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.728
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.372
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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14.047
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 8.626
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.550
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.509
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.300
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 7.800
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.456
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
55.493
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 22.921
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.578
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.590
When I write some files expected to persist 0.965
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" 11.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.834
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 7.704
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 8.406
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.214
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.079
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.622
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
40.047
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 8.297
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.201
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.430
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 8.371
When I enable persistence 22.238
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.258
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.259
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.214
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.138
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.564
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.227
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 6.071
And the computer reboots Tails 33.474
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.463
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.120
Given I enable persistence 13.292
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.279
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.090
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.032
Tags: @product
2:7.461
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 enabled and logged in 8.345
# 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 29.079
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.252
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.804
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.345
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 8.023
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.567
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.346
And all notifications have disappeared 9.380
When I delete the persistent partition 2.618
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.699
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 7.951
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.446
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.012
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product
54.073
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 8.127
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.040
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.796
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.006
And all notifications have disappeared 8.247
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.312
And all tps features are enabled 7.302
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:39.801
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 1:57.957
And I enable persistence 26.040
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.473
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.590
And persistence is enabled 8.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.792
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 7.725
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.627
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
49.263
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 9.257
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.714
When I enable persistence 18.418
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.707
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 8.111
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.644
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.867
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.089
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.106
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.139
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.242
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 9.552
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.322
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 7.820
And all notifications have disappeared 9.349
# 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" 0.243
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.116
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.204
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.160
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.377
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 8.144
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.739
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.288
When I try to enable persistence 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.896
When I log in to a new session 7.390
And all notifications have disappeared 6.981
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.212
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000