Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 10 14 Oct 2026, 05:52

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 23:48.315 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.711
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.441
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.674
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.682
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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40.860
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 21.990
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.163
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.179
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.135
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 9.868
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.246
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.224
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.672
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.821
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.150
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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29.430
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 9.034
And the system is very low on memory 4.219
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.163
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.166
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.083
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.370
And I free up some memory 0.425
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.923
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:50.376
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 8.179
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 10.233
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.527
When I disable the first tps feature 2.528
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.484
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.492
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.062
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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13.644
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 enabled and logged in 8.352
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.044
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.201
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 7.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.470
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.922
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.341
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 7.705
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 13.099
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.841
When I write some files expected to persist 1.036
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.926
# 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" 11.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.056
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 8.136
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 9.721
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.339
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.220
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 10.856
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.392
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.070
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.059
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40.385
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.345
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 13.422
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.479
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 8.440
When I enable persistence 20.643
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.884
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.634
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.475
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.317
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.471
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.765
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.241
When I cold reboot the computer 5.780
And the computer reboots Tails 32.402
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.188
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
Given I enable persistence 13.530
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.341
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.952
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.055
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 8.397
# 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 29.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.512
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.072
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product
38.271
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 8.317
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.404
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.933
And all notifications have disappeared 8.677
When I delete the persistent partition 2.615
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:17.084
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 8.421
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.424
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.940
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
57.531
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 8.421
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.046
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.002
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.332
And all notifications have disappeared 7.797
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.216
And all tps features are enabled 7.465
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.509
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 2:1.950
And I enable persistence 26.195
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.971
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 7.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.088
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 8.416
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.184
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.902
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 8.847
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.054
When I enable persistence 12.427
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.033
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 8.399
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.191
When I try to enable persistence 1.119
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.715
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.079
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.172
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.162
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 7.887
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.866
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.790
And all notifications have disappeared 6.775
# 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" 0.132
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.094
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.182
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.065
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.054
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 8.035
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.350
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.316
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.590
When I log in to a new session 7.766
And all notifications have disappeared 7.784
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.102
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000