Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4613 13 Sep 2026, 11:11

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 22:25.943 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.218
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 1:17.946
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.350
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.240
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.779
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 8.553
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.380
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.390
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 8.308
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.258
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.357
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.127
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.312
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.165
And the system is very low on memory 4.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.222
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.955
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.077
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.342
And I free up some memory 0.421
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.010
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.562
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 8.070
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 7.764
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.683
When I disable the first tps feature 2.445
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.479
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.070
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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13.084
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 7.765
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.096
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 7.613
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I disable the first tps feature 2.496
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.823
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
52.573
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 20.662
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 8.214
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.245
When I write some files expected to persist 0.900
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.337
# 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" 11.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.239
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 7.582
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.699
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.163
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.777
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.307
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.079
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
50.446
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 21.558
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.281
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.395
When I enable persistence 20.361
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.521
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.737
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.386
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.124
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.143
When I cold reboot the computer 5.787
And the computer reboots Tails 31.396
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.298
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.235
Given I enable persistence 12.379
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
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 6.746
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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2:8.256
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 8.140
# 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 31.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.209
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.129
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
36.832
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 7.907
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.721
Then persistence is disabled 0.071
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.259
And all notifications have disappeared 8.898
When I delete the persistent partition 2.733
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.867
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 7.675
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.041
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.757
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
52.182
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 7.878
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.313
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.299
And all notifications have disappeared 8.009
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.228
And all tps features are enabled 7.094
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.472
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 1:53.113
And I enable persistence 24.681
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.688
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.549
And persistence is enabled 7.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.147
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.411
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.243
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.923
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 8.133
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.541
When I enable persistence 12.192
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.865
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 8.008
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.331
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.496
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.207
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.232
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.979
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 7.768
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.021
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 8.361
And all notifications have disappeared 7.040
# 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" 0.108
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.066
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.161
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.830
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 7.847
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.321
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.278
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.787
When I log in to a new session 6.969
And all notifications have disappeared 7.602
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.062
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000