Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 14 18 Oct 2026, 05:56

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 22:38.992 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:54.477
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 1:14.752
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.254
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.562
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.643
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 8.536
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.658
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 8.439
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.557
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 3.968
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.092
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.156
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
28.143
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 8.033
And the system is very low on memory 3.984
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.268
When I try to create a persistent partition 3.967
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.085
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.490
And I free up some memory 0.416
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.834
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.036
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 8.189
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And all tps features are active 7.787
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.577
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.400
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.511
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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13.049
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 7.793
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.068
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.365
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.752
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 7.778
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
And I disable the first tps feature 2.505
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.328
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.915
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 7.726
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.635
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.016
When I write some files expected to persist 1.004
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.126
# 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" 11.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.337
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 7.700
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 15.357
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.384
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.861
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.281
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.403
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product
36.296
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 8.290
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.071
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.264
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:50.133
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 8.541
When I enable persistence 21.280
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.437
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.229
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.282
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.509
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.100
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
When I cold reboot the computer 5.801
And the computer reboots Tails 34.144
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.192
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.129
Given I enable persistence 13.288
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.054
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.460
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
2:8.203
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 8.207
# 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 28.248
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.372
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.155
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.388
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 7.902
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.881
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.576
And all notifications have disappeared 8.034
When I delete the persistent partition 2.692
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:15.265
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 enabled and logged in 7.998
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
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 1:1.856
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
52.279
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 7.941
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.423
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.342
And all notifications have disappeared 8.403
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.208
And all tps features are enabled 7.449
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:33.948
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 1:53.553
And I enable persistence 25.263
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.017
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.420
And persistence is enabled 7.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.569
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 7.251
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.859
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.742
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 8.045
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.095
When I enable persistence 12.112
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.037
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.333
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 7.733
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.615
When I try to enable persistence 1.226
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.088
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.187
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.231
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.077
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.674
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 7.839
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.042
When I try to enable persistence 1.115
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.086
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 7.436
And all notifications have disappeared 6.665
# 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" 0.153
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.151
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.136
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.143
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 7.947
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.257
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.101
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.095
When I log in to a new session 6.986
And all notifications have disappeared 7.435
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000