Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_remove-boum.org 3 10 Sep 2026, 00:00

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 24:9.037 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.883
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 1:28.826
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.114
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.195
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.458
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 8.452
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.213
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.073
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.579
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 8.593
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.277
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.112
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.988
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.926
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.307
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
42.672
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 21.951
And the system is very low on memory 4.071
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.214
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.246
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.109
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.673
And I free up some memory 0.453
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.910
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:20.198
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 34.680
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
And all tps features are active 9.346
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.839
When I disable the first tps feature 2.514
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.448
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.946
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.657
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
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13.906
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 7.795
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.124
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.075
When I disable the first tps feature 3.097
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.911
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 7.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.036
And I disable the first tps feature 2.464
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.817
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.694
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.745
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.061
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.331
When I write some files expected to persist 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.756
# 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" 11.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.769
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.655
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.312
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.105
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.259
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.980
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.788
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.398
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036
Tags: @product
39.858
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.455
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.087
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.455
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.671
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 8.700
When I enable persistence 21.672
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.533
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.077
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.221
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.171
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.453
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.624
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 5.873
And the computer reboots Tails 34.432
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.181
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.151
Given I enable persistence 13.762
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.294
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.187
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:10.110
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 8.401
# 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 29.321
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.242
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.421
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
40.338
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 8.911
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.187
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.339
And all notifications have disappeared 8.799
When I delete the persistent partition 2.695
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.586
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 8.356
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.878
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.091
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
58.805
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 8.596
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.146
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.915
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.685
And all notifications have disappeared 8.175
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.391
And all tps features are enabled 8.237
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.785
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 2:7.542
And I enable persistence 27.384
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.756
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.517
And persistence is enabled 7.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.194
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 7.557
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.170
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.579
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 8.473
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.316
When I enable persistence 13.487
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.072
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.181
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.624
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.656
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.095
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.183
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.108
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.160
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 8.180
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.751
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I log in to a new session 9.176
And all notifications have disappeared 8.770
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.365
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.206
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.160
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.797
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 8.034
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.825
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.224
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.586
When I log in to a new session 7.394
And all notifications have disappeared 8.531
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.206
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000