Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4478 01 Jul 2026, 11:16

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 20:57.193 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:30.561
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 1:17.310
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.204
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.231
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.606
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 8.350
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.871
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.101
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 8.236
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.278
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.838
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.421
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.931
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
27.239
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 7.189
And the system is very low on memory 3.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.179
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.590
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.426
And I free up some memory 0.821
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.799
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.230
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 7.991
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
And all tps features are active 5.020
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.019
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.817
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.260
Then all tps features but the first one are active 4.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
12.765
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 7.243
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.511
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.552
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.581
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 7.101
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.487
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.815
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.010
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 7.254
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 8.423
And I take note of which tps features are available 4.394
When I write some files expected to persist 1.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.724
# 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" 12.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.240
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 7.353
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 9.648
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.145
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.330
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.927
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.260
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.046
Tags: @product
39.746
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.420
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.428
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.106
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 8.391
When I enable persistence 17.536
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.576
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.405
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.346
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.265
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.515
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.896
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.125
When I cold reboot the computer 9.907
And the computer reboots Tails 36.205
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.421
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.180
Given I enable persistence 11.043
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.224
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.813
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:13.127
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.025
# 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 27.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.561
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.196
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product
36.751
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 7.485
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.339
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.955
And all notifications have disappeared 7.821
When I delete the persistent partition 2.722
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.557
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 7.188
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.782
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.307
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
46.982
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 7.406
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.045
When I try to enable persistence 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.862
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.877
And all notifications have disappeared 7.765
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.250
And all tps features are enabled 4.877
And all tps features but the first one are active 4.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.163
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 29.082
And I enable persistence 23.157
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.088
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And persistence is enabled 5.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.938
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 6.853
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.599
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.112
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 7.600
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.754
When I enable persistence 10.359
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 5.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.524
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 7.203
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.545
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.111
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.237
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.034
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 7.185
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.148
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.460
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.177
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 10.728
And all notifications have disappeared 8.393
# 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" 0.370
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.420
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.154
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.223
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.809
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 7.363
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.697
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.322
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.837
When I log in to a new session 10.460
And all notifications have disappeared 8.943
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.344
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000