Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc 2 18 Sep 2026, 06:24

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 23:8.032 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.206
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 1:18.371
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.910
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.236
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.945
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 8.851
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.552
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.195
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.729
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 logged in 8.579
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.030
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 5.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.129
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.516
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.027
And the system is very low on memory 3.975
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.303
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.035
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.078
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.665
And I free up some memory 0.472
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.908
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:47.408
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 8.206
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.498
And all tps features are active 8.437
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.808
When I disable the first tps feature 2.434
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.309
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.245
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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13.166
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 7.900
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.362
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.386
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 7.748
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.116
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.467
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.943
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.711
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 7.580
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 9.712
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.700
When I write some files expected to persist 0.954
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.254
# 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" 11.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.989
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 7.524
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 8.347
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.205
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.390
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.768
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
39.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.271
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.103
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.152
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 8.460
When I enable persistence 21.413
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.760
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.881
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.232
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.139
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.427
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.435
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
When I cold reboot the computer 6.100
And the computer reboots Tails 33.909
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.408
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 13.716
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.141
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.579
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
2:9.595
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 8.578
# 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 30.234
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.540
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.212
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
38.263
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 8.032
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.828
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.583
And all notifications have disappeared 8.755
When I delete the persistent partition 2.674
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:17.646
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 8.065
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.049
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.743
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.620
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.886
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 8.233
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.536
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.721
And all notifications have disappeared 8.563
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.315
And all tps features are enabled 8.170
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:58.186
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 2:9.836
And I enable persistence 30.540
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.163
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.539
And persistence is enabled 10.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.723
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 7.362
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.863
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.288
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 9.056
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.298
When I enable persistence 13.890
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.109
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 8.012
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.007
When I try to enable persistence 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.540
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.339
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.182
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.020
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 7.812
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.080
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.248
And all notifications have disappeared 6.795
# 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" 0.191
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.116
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.181
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.240
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 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.900
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 7.791
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.761
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.290
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.184
When I log in to a new session 8.016
And all notifications have disappeared 7.758
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.120
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000