Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4435 07 Jun 2026, 07:55

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 21:52.177 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.697
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.413
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.863
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.323
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.835
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.240
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.473
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:42.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.581
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.463
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.399
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.101
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.685
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.179
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.220
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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31.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.057
And the system is very low on memory 3.634
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.967
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.125
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.490
And I free up some memory 0.829
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.779
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:37.654
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.586
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.348
And all tps features are active 1.514
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.343
When I disable the first tps feature 2.773
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.397
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.802
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.651
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 2.500
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.062
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
13.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.122
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.625
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.943
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
44.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.455
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.532
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.271
When I write some files expected to persist 1.218
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.558
# 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" 13.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:46.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.522
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.286
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.707
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.537
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.100
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.064
Tags: @product
43.383
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.886
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.479
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:55.673
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.554
When I enable persistence 15.076
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.101
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.913
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.353
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.594
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.715
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 9.296
And the computer reboots Tails 40.057
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 7.288
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.220
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.301
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.051
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2:15.706
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.905
# 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 30.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.720
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.227
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product
42.139
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.213
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.967
Then persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.005
And all notifications have disappeared 8.091
When I delete the persistent partition 3.360
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:29.646
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.790
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.456
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031
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46.174
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.155
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.755
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.722
And all notifications have disappeared 8.092
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.332
And all tps features are enabled 1.248
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:8.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
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 33.014
And I enable persistence 21.425
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.719
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.791
And persistence is enabled 1.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
23.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.415
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.307
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 9.136
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.409
When I enable persistence 7.172
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.100
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.664
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 8.493
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.869
When I try to enable persistence 1.320
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.728
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.809
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.123
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.183
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.270
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 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 7.804
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.651
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 12.978
And all notifications have disappeared 9.875
# 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" 0.187
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.536
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.264
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.416
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.105
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.285
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.814
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.363
When I try to enable persistence 1.269
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.623
When I log in to a new session 11.899
And all notifications have disappeared 9.976
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.625
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000