Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4602 08 Sep 2026, 11:28

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 24:38.659 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.540
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.249
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.179
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.271
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.975
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.625
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.484
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
And persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.938
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 22.811
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.277
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.340
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.804
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
31.080
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 9.266
And the system is very low on memory 4.370
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.714
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.160
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.486
And I free up some memory 0.897
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.949
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.327
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 8.995
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
And all tps features are active 9.289
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.978
When I disable the first tps feature 2.456
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.513
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.574
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.527
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
13.928
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 8.208
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.095
When I disable the first tps feature 2.710
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.080
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 8.361
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.586
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.922
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.858
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 8.372
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 10.128
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.436
When I write some files expected to persist 1.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
# 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" 12.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.949
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 8.037
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.400
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.123
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.297
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.407
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 13.072
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product
41.343
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.897
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.357
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:56.817
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 8.641
When I enable persistence 23.569
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.453
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.290
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.378
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.299
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.558
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.385
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.111
When I cold reboot the computer 6.014
And the computer reboots Tails 34.898
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
Given I enable persistence 15.023
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.114
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.013
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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2:17.859
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 8.849
# 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 28.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.864
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.214
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
39.296
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 8.687
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.997
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.302
And all notifications have disappeared 8.150
When I delete the persistent partition 2.684
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.267
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 8.807
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.328
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.844
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
1:0.913
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 8.355
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.791
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.462
And all notifications have disappeared 8.713
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.269
And all tps features are enabled 9.255
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:55.243
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 2:5.236
And I enable persistence 29.777
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.218
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.617
And persistence is enabled 11.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.464
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 8.236
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.638
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.059
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 9.087
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.531
When I enable persistence 18.376
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 10.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.826
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 8.405
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.753
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.172
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.369
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.110
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.702
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.825
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.867
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.194
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 8.630
And all notifications have disappeared 9.039
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.162
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.358
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.420
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.186
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 8.316
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.022
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.330
When I try to enable persistence 1.285
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.206
When I log in to a new session 9.986
And all notifications have disappeared 6.980
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.151
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000