Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4380 07 May 2026, 07:30

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 20:37.190 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.176
And I update APT using apt 6.139
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.244
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.584
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.287
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.263
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.633
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.234
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.484
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.267
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
29.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.366
And the system is very low on memory 3.814
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.199
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.465
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.126
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.376
And I free up some memory 0.771
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.881
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.990
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 1.276
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.271
When I disable the first tps feature 2.531
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.318
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.668
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.203
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.662
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.319
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.537
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.219
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.535
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.803
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
45.045
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.200
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 18.044
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.215
When I write some files expected to persist 1.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.710
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:12.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.201
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.273
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.657
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.353
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 21.211
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.360
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
36.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.282
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.034
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.637
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.552
When I enable persistence 12.877
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.012
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.390
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.313
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.517
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.226
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
When I cold reboot the computer 8.657
And the computer reboots Tails 35.960
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.264
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.188
Given I enable persistence 6.939
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.087
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.889
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:10.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.884
# 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 29.833
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.475
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.765
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.311
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.019
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.448
Then persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.994
And all notifications have disappeared 7.749
When I delete the persistent partition 2.669
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.453
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.444
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
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40.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.027
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.151
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.383
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.136
And all notifications have disappeared 7.632
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.296
And all tps features are enabled 1.056
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:0.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 29.317
And I enable persistence 18.957
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.866
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.578
And persistence is enabled 1.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.528
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.137
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.784
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.107
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.989
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.578
When I enable persistence 6.663
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.073
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.936
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.840
When I try to enable persistence 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.916
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.381
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.140
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.530
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.326
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.774
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.078
And all notifications have disappeared 8.333
# 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" 0.139
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.125
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.265
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.275
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.678
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.053
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.653
When I log in to a new session 9.988
And all notifications have disappeared 8.760
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.295
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000