Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 1 06 Oct 2026, 12:00

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 24:7.879 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.742
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 1:20.026
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.345
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.573
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.478
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 8.777
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.108
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.195
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.313
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 8.566
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.006
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.110
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29.781
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 logged in 8.203
And the system is very low on memory 4.455
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.207
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.791
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.189
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.501
And I free up some memory 0.473
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.912
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.801
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 8.755
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.338
And all tps features are active 8.153
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.819
When I disable the first tps feature 2.717
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.758
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.986
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
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13.675
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 8.082
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.044
When I disable the first tps feature 2.653
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.529
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.279
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 7.734
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.527
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.816
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.962
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 7.834
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.835
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.222
When I write some files expected to persist 1.242
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.477
# 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" 12.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.995
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 7.780
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 12.922
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.424
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.863
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 1.275
And Tor is ready 10.989
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.081
Tags: @product
42.540
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 8.712
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.508
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.907
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:53.551
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.885
When I enable persistence 22.539
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.754
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.461
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.419
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.335
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.554
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.721
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 5.859
And the computer reboots Tails 33.560
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.251
Given I enable persistence 13.682
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.063
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.153
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.716
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:13.836
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 8.423
# 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 29.711
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.154
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.100
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
39.363
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 8.000
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.705
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.665
And all notifications have disappeared 8.975
When I delete the persistent partition 2.673
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.139
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 8.201
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.046
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.205
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
58.644
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 8.214
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.302
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.430
And all notifications have disappeared 8.223
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.232
And all tps features are enabled 8.187
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.862
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 1:57.485
And I enable persistence 27.523
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.402
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.554
And persistence is enabled 7.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.309
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 7.543
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.227
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.406
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 8.846
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.514
When I enable persistence 14.170
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.588
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 8.253
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.240
When I try to enable persistence 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.903
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.170
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.094
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.139
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 8.677
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.540
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.308
And all notifications have disappeared 7.614
# 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" 0.139
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.088
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.188
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.172
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.468
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 9.066
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.902
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.294
When I try to enable persistence 1.132
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.244
When I log in to a new session 8.344
And all notifications have disappeared 7.992
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.645
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000