Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4624 17 Sep 2026, 14:17

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 26:51.177 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.541
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 1:20.514
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.800
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.001
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.816
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.433
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.219
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.254
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 9.137
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.347
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.723
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
31.192
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 logged in 8.861
And the system is very low on memory 4.276
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.299
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.649
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.321
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.640
And I free up some memory 0.531
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.561
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.544
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 8.588
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.554
And all tps features are active 8.606
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.022
When I disable the first tps feature 2.528
Then all tps features but the first one are active 11.249
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.702
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.408
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.723
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 8.051
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.230
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.094
When I disable the first tps feature 2.532
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.844
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 8.062
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.107
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.675
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.873
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.251
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 8.278
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 8.637
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.351
When I write some files expected to persist 1.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.486
# 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" 12.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.292
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 enabled and logged in 8.218
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.817
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.137
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.535
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.928
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.013
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.374
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.062
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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40.569
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.786
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.110
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.721
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.608
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 9.193
When I enable persistence 23.168
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.064
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.408
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.701
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.885
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
When I cold reboot the computer 6.019
And the computer reboots Tails 36.361
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.230
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.122
Given I enable persistence 14.752
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.317
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.289
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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2:16.244
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 8.512
# 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 32.281
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.709
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.658
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
40.072
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 8.587
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.194
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.051
And all notifications have disappeared 8.322
When I delete the persistent partition 2.629
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.453
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 8.643
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.525
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.919
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
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1:7.064
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 8.863
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.944
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.983
And all notifications have disappeared 9.232
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.422
And all tps features are enabled 9.114
And all tps features but the first one are active 12.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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5:14.822
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4:22.496
And I enable persistence 33.000
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.342
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.550
And persistence is enabled 10.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
35.730
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
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 8.126
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 27.096
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.122
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 9.756
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.060
When I enable persistence 15.691
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.581
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 8.645
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.537
When I try to enable persistence 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.166
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.792
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.096
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.286
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.983
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 8.296
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.096
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.566
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.301
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 10.499
And all notifications have disappeared 7.632
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.220
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.105
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.277
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 8.954
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.184
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.265
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.486
When I log in to a new session 9.483
And all notifications have disappeared 6.629
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.233
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000