Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4604 08 Sep 2026, 18:41

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 24:9.438 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:46.516
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 1:31.052
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.456
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.255
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.914
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 9.002
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.558
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.237
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.645
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 9.232
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.233
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.905
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.935
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
30.146
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.398
And the system is very low on memory 4.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.148
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.506
And I free up some memory 0.548
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.100
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.845
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 8.620
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
And all tps features are active 8.451
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.687
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.649
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.809
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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14.684
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
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.143
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.767
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.997
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
14.198
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 8.505
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.547
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.954
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.822
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.373
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.013
And I take note of which tps features are available 8.371
When I write some files expected to persist 1.255
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.529
# 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" 12.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.446
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 8.273
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 11.471
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.166
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.950
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.693
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.249
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.329
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.074
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
39.866
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 8.964
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.075
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.071
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.960
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 8.800
When I enable persistence 25.636
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.445
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.625
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.567
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.361
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.586
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.711
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 5.916
And the computer reboots Tails 35.243
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.314
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 14.498
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.073
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.144
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.453
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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2:9.032
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 8.453
# 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 26.756
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.250
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.343
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.241
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 8.476
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.224
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.227
And all notifications have disappeared 9.194
When I delete the persistent partition 2.745
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.147
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 8.017
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.917
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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57.843
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 8.066
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.154
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.899
And all notifications have disappeared 8.098
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.249
And all tps features are enabled 7.369
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.709
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 2:0.464
And I enable persistence 27.888
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.496
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.653
And persistence is enabled 8.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.965
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 7.883
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.473
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.701
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 8.745
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.933
When I enable persistence 14.424
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.364
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 8.358
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.446
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.042
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.378
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.307
Then persistence is successfully enabled 4.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.125
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 8.406
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.699
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.137
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 8.308
And all notifications have disappeared 6.966
# 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" 0.231
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.106
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.258
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.100
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.262
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 8.669
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.729
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.306
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.016
When I log in to a new session 7.865
And all notifications have disappeared 8.639
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.793
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000