Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4605 09 Sep 2026, 17:07

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 24:34.091 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.785
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 1:23.980
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.738
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.426
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 8.865
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.431
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
And persistence is disabled 0.087
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.607
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 9.675
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.394
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.299
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.738
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.194
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product
30.380
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 8.573
And the system is very low on memory 4.450
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.156
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.405
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.639
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.649
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.879
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 8.424
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 10.619
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.951
When I disable the first tps feature 2.554
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.391
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.609
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.170
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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26.745
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 21.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.462
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.062
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.632
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 7.867
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 2.518
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.046
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.719
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 8.064
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 9.560
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.395
When I write some files expected to persist 1.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.246
# 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" 12.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.972
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 8.103
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.458
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.164
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.447
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.436
And I capture all network traffic 0.027
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 11.672
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.089
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product
41.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.226
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.113
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.520
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.293
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 9.415
When I enable persistence 25.802
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.050
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.501
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.649
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.475
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 5.910
And the computer reboots Tails 34.586
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.197
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.121
Given I enable persistence 16.699
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.086
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.339
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.568
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:16.723
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 8.923
# 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 30.094
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.274
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.990
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
39.624
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 8.412
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.451
Then persistence is disabled 0.149
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.542
And all notifications have disappeared 8.139
When I delete the persistent partition 2.664
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.803
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 enabled and logged in 8.547
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.428
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.727
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 8.642
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.157
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.612
And all notifications have disappeared 8.077
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.521
And all tps features are enabled 8.421
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:52.118
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 2:4.611
And I enable persistence 29.030
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.707
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.702
And persistence is enabled 9.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.526
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 20.838
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.135
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.039
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 8.807
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.410
When I enable persistence 14.905
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.346
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.846
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.130
When I try to enable persistence 1.255
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.992
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.166
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.147
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.114
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 7.940
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.796
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.107
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 9.950
And all notifications have disappeared 8.144
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.221
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.363
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.325
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 8.505
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.841
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.382
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.807
When I log in to a new session 8.145
And all notifications have disappeared 7.365
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.146
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000