Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 12 16 Oct 2026, 05:50

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 23:13.630 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:54.326
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 1:13.954
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.063
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.514
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.901
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 8.401
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.927
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.213
And persistence is disabled 0.103
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.193
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 21.821
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.231
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.248
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.964
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.622
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.148
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047
Tags: @product
28.475
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 8.198
And the system is very low on memory 4.112
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.263
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.089
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.406
And I free up some memory 0.458
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.818
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.596
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 8.333
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And all tps features are active 8.098
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.552
When I disable the first tps feature 2.457
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.928
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
13.195
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 7.922
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I disable the first tps feature 2.454
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.041
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.081
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 7.675
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I disable the first tps feature 2.471
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.755
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.167
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 7.818
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.839
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.786
When I write some files expected to persist 1.014
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.199
# 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" 11.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.136
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 7.725
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 9.314
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.381
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.908
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.075
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.396
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.054
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
Tags: @product
38.818
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.391
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.878
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.022
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 8.555
When I enable persistence 22.066
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.658
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.754
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.368
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.172
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.425
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.501
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 5.886
And the computer reboots Tails 32.975
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.344
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.114
Given I enable persistence 13.103
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.113
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.305
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.398
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.217
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 8.175
# 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 29.346
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.108
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
38.710
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 8.369
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.688
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.267
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
When I delete the persistent partition 2.817
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.636
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 7.881
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.038
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.240
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063
Tags: @product
56.587
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 8.627
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.026
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.574
And all notifications have disappeared 7.788
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.313
And all tps features are enabled 7.967
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:39.916
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 1:56.309
And I enable persistence 26.909
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.998
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And persistence is enabled 8.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.940
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 7.517
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.023
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
39.324
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 8.572
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.709
When I enable persistence 12.801
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.040
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.346
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 8.379
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.692
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.809
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.124
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.100
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.327
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 8.606
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.910
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.024
When I log in to a new session 6.969
And all notifications have disappeared 6.956
# 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" 0.120
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.068
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.156
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.246
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.706
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 8.256
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.537
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.440
When I log in to a new session 7.745
And all notifications have disappeared 7.070
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.149
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000