Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4470 27 Jun 2026, 11:15

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 21:18.699 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.174
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 1:16.739
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.266
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.292
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.140
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 8.477
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.640
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.287
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.368
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 8.254
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.090
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.104
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.429
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.232
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
28.620
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 7.227
And the system is very low on memory 4.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.174
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.555
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.490
And I free up some memory 0.852
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.007
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.276
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 8.162
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 5.344
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.056
When I disable the first tps feature 2.491
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.815
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.401
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.004
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
24.947
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 19.605
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.525
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.714
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 7.142
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.508
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.703
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 7.087
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 10.236
And I take note of which tps features are available 3.910
When I write some files expected to persist 1.015
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.377
# 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" 12.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.257
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 7.303
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 8.383
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.134
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.991
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.869
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 10.830
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.459
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.141
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product
38.059
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.504
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.728
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.336
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 8.250
When I enable persistence 15.676
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.737
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.135
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.320
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.528
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.319
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 8.663
And the computer reboots Tails 36.592
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.261
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.156
Given I enable persistence 10.679
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.201
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.240
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:16.916
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 8.050
# 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 27.192
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.925
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.141
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 25.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
36.516
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 7.739
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.787
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.040
And all notifications have disappeared 7.764
When I delete the persistent partition 2.705
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:21.703
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 7.401
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.669
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.316
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
47.584
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 7.332
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.093
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.222
And all notifications have disappeared 7.942
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.272
And all tps features are enabled 4.592
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.721
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 29.283
And I enable persistence 22.705
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.031
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.529
And persistence is enabled 5.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.990
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 6.897
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.574
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.798
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 7.876
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.820
When I enable persistence 10.593
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.627
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 7.215
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.745
When I try to enable persistence 1.323
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.929
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.461
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.152
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.534
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 7.168
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.180
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.043
And all notifications have disappeared 8.991
# 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 0.401
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.171
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.269
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.708
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 7.390
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.537
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.343
When I try to enable persistence 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.289
When I log in to a new session 11.115
And all notifications have disappeared 8.790
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.348
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000