Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4626 17 Sep 2026, 16:06

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 23:0.333 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.767
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 1:17.633
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.094
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.405
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 8.347
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.102
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.621
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.864
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.284
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.900
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.317
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
29.078
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 8.118
And the system is very low on memory 3.874
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.187
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.525
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.143
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.341
And I free up some memory 0.454
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.374
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.847
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 8.396
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And all tps features are active 8.353
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.684
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.922
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.499
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.635
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.058
Tags: @product
13.434
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 8.105
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.055
When I enable the first tps feature 2.399
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.041
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.313
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 7.587
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
And I disable the first tps feature 2.463
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.992
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.286
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 enabled and logged in 7.918
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 8.219
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.236
When I write some files expected to persist 0.851
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.256
# 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" 11.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.863
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 7.602
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.689
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.127
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.378
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.014
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.436
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.342
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.109
Tags: @product
39.005
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 8.466
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.065
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.878
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:49.746
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 8.619
When I enable persistence 22.004
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.288
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.141
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.241
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.155
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.427
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.825
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
When I cold reboot the computer 5.837
And the computer reboots Tails 33.655
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.179
Given I enable persistence 14.054
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
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 6.519
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
2:5.410
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 8.317
# 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 30.320
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.942
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.419
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
37.690
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 8.487
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.558
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.091
And all notifications have disappeared 7.616
When I delete the persistent partition 2.626
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.575
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 8.059
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.919
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
54.695
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 8.261
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.662
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.846
And all notifications have disappeared 7.864
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.306
And all tps features are enabled 8.317
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.592
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 1:56.456
And I enable persistence 27.054
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.874
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.543
And persistence is enabled 7.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.059
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 20.432
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.059
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.074
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 8.856
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.945
When I enable persistence 13.790
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.114
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 8.522
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.996
When I try to enable persistence 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.750
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.148
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.240
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.972
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 8.355
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.134
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.688
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.083
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.021
When I log in to a new session 8.563
And all notifications have disappeared 7.086
# 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" 0.103
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.067
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.146
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.033
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.777
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 8.026
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.133
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.288
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.187
When I log in to a new session 8.952
And all notifications have disappeared 6.855
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.152
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000