Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4598 06 Sep 2026, 11:21

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 23:11.264 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.613
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 1:16.692
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.053
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.218
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.821
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 8.706
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.759
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.225
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.072
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 8.832
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.326
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.365
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.848
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.241
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
43.249
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 21.605
And the system is very low on memory 4.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.155
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.350
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 2.348
And I free up some memory 0.470
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.829
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.149
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 8.281
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And all tps features are active 8.780
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.799
When I disable the first tps feature 2.546
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.845
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.358
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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14.047
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 8.175
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I disable the first tps feature 3.050
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.029
When I enable the first tps feature 2.380
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.917
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 7.476
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.522
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.739
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.918
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 7.713
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 9.553
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.562
When I write some files expected to persist 0.939
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
# 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" 11.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:39.673
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 7.977
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.176
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.354
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.208
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.137
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.096
Tags: @product
40.729
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 8.723
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.111
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.876
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.849
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 8.462
When I enable persistence 21.852
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.556
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.634
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.404
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.607
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.005
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 6.265
And the computer reboots Tails 33.230
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.219
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.241
Given I enable persistence 13.827
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.160
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.692
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
2:4.621
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 8.425
# 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 25.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.732
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.097
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.458
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 8.165
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.749
Then persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.108
And all notifications have disappeared 8.452
When I delete the persistent partition 2.637
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.799
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 7.855
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.405
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.093
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 8.120
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.927
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.363
And all notifications have disappeared 8.204
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.262
And all tps features are enabled 8.013
And all tps features but the first one are active 9.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.760
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 1:55.991
And I enable persistence 28.289
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.538
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.566
And persistence is enabled 8.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.405
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.481
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.346
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.185
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 8.824
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.264
When I enable persistence 13.425
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.567
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 8.562
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.440
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.852
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.080
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.393
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.196
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.189
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 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 8.035
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.740
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 8.511
And all notifications have disappeared 7.742
# 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" 0.291
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.195
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 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.138
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 7.761
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.845
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
When I try to enable persistence 1.204
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.659
When I log in to a new session 8.314
And all notifications have disappeared 7.904
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.220
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000