Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 13 17 Oct 2026, 05:58

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 22:38.615 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.220
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 1:17.539
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.308
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.602
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.295
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 8.371
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.212
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.204
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.646
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.586
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.230
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.388
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 56.911
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.019
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 7.784
And the system is very low on memory 3.971
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.169
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.246
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.511
And I free up some memory 0.434
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.768
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.034
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 8.102
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 7.718
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.548
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.542
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.000
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
12.732
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 7.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.467
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.026
When I enable the first tps feature 2.390
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.127
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 7.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I disable the first tps feature 2.462
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.872
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.691
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 7.737
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 13.059
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.565
When I write some files expected to persist 0.884
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.125
# 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" 11.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.854
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 7.662
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 8.358
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.099
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.186
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.862
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 12.052
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.394
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.048
Tags: @product
37.349
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 8.423
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.069
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.570
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:42.998
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 8.211
When I enable persistence 20.499
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 12.453
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.920
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.201
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.131
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.453
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.750
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 5.768
And the computer reboots Tails 31.797
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.340
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.226
Given I enable persistence 12.017
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.277
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.601
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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2:3.148
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 8.272
# 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 27.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.332
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.167
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.435
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 8.055
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.467
Then persistence is disabled 0.083
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.404
And all notifications have disappeared 8.541
When I delete the persistent partition 2.649
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.842
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 7.826
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.605
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
53.741
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 8.405
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.043
When I try to enable persistence 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.705
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.498
And all notifications have disappeared 8.423
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.230
And all tps features are enabled 7.194
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:41.510
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 2:0.016
And I enable persistence 26.242
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.016
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.508
And persistence is enabled 7.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
32.004
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 7.615
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.921
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.041
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 8.497
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.424
When I enable persistence 14.689
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.164
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 8.269
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.146
When I try to enable persistence 1.256
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.667
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.108
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.190
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.095
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 8.016
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.130
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.915
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.031
When I log in to a new session 7.254
And all notifications have disappeared 6.831
# 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" 0.168
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.080
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.196
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.659
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 7.909
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.673
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.491
When I log in to a new session 7.787
And all notifications have disappeared 7.301
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 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000