Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4603 08 Sep 2026, 13:09

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 24:4.201 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:39.178
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.339
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.777
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.213
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.659
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.038
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.516
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.654
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.262
And persistence is disabled 0.133
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.933
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 10.133
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.405
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.113
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.429
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.559
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.017
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
32.913
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 8.373
And the system is very low on memory 4.692
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.583
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.135
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.362
And I free up some memory 0.552
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.978
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.212
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 8.906
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.405
And all tps features are active 9.849
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.034
When I disable the first tps feature 2.580
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.690
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.590
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.786
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.718
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 8.359
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.059
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.609
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 7.932
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.088
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.616
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.869
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.930
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 7.679
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.130
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.079
When I write some files expected to persist 0.991
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.938
# 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" 12.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:44.516
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 8.304
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.129
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.477
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.777
And I capture all network traffic 0.013
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 11.989
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.097
Tags: @product
52.062
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 22.336
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.910
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:57.261
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 9.066
When I enable persistence 25.198
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.074
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.743
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.501
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.486
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.327
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.106
When I cold reboot the computer 5.796
And the computer reboots Tails 34.503
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.223
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
Given I enable persistence 13.785
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.060
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.164
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.502
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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2:8.316
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 8.452
# 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 29.289
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.487
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.602
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
40.535
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 8.831
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.768
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.839
And all notifications have disappeared 9.010
When I delete the persistent partition 2.724
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.941
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 8.325
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.266
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.110
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
57.826
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 8.634
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.426
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.907
And all notifications have disappeared 7.301
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.297
And all tps features are enabled 8.161
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.757
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 1:57.613
And I enable persistence 28.375
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.931
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.719
And persistence is enabled 9.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.249
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 7.453
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.136
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.957
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 8.759
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.528
When I enable persistence 14.589
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.999
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 8.140
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.534
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.261
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.110
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.098
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.401
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 8.225
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.352
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.095
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.156
And all notifications have disappeared 7.968
# 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" 0.125
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.226
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.144
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 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.572
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.109
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.862
When I log in to a new session 9.247
And all notifications have disappeared 6.853
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.241
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000