Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 11 15 Oct 2026, 05:59

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 23:28.349 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.196
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.474
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.901
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.256
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 8.649
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.509
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.168
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.319
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 8.349
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.370
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.146
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.755
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.068
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.182
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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28.753
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 8.102
And the system is very low on memory 4.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.348
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.169
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.389
And I free up some memory 0.572
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.958
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.248
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 enabled and logged in 8.240
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And all tps features are active 8.102
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.509
When I disable the first tps feature 2.423
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.264
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.818
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.543
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
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13.198
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 7.987
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.063
When I enable the first tps feature 2.374
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.034
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.376
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 7.710
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.666
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.846
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.146
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 7.540
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.701
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.452
When I write some files expected to persist 0.987
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.200
# 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" 11.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:38.582
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 7.742
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 8.398
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.162
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.669
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.864
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.358
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
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37.873
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 8.370
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.105
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.782
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:52.788
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 8.580
When I enable persistence 21.833
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.487
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.005
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.233
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.134
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.762
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.162
When I cold reboot the computer 7.383
And the computer reboots Tails 32.957
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.326
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.132
Given I enable persistence 13.619
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.054
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.292
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.194
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:9.810
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 8.069
# 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 32.585
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.212
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.547
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.597
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 8.627
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.969
Then persistence is disabled 0.079
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.020
And all notifications have disappeared 8.055
When I delete the persistent partition 2.577
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:19.466
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 8.499
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.310
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.361
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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1:1.213
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 8.635
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.161
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.772
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.035
And all notifications have disappeared 8.318
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.274
And all tps features are enabled 8.577
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:38.565
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:56.799
And I enable persistence 26.060
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.521
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.581
And persistence is enabled 7.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
30.868
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 7.541
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.839
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
40.831
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 8.396
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.663
When I enable persistence 14.227
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.277
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 8.390
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.199
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.245
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.181
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.230
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.265
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 8.115
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.679
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 9.012
And all notifications have disappeared 6.709
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.108
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.114
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.360
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 8.533
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.468
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.315
When I try to enable persistence 1.119
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.712
When I log in to a new session 7.938
And all notifications have disappeared 7.098
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.230
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000