Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 16 20 Oct 2026, 05:57

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 23:4.955 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:9.814
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 1:30.319
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.197
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.501
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.326
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 8.344
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.224
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.190
And persistence is disabled 0.078
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.895
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 8.582
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.340
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.108
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
27.816
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 8.010
And the system is very low on memory 4.041
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.099
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.318
And I free up some memory 0.417
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.629
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.388
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 enabled and logged in 8.210
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.256
And all tps features are active 7.596
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.821
When I disable the first tps feature 2.458
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.851
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
13.107
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 7.929
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.474
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.021
When I enable the first tps feature 2.380
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.135
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.736
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.444
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.819
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.376
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 7.512
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.300
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.338
When I write some files expected to persist 0.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.209
# 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" 11.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.661
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 7.463
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 8.043
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.482
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.691
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.302
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.364
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.043
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.096
Tags: @product
1:1.534
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 34.482
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.092
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.954
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 14.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:44.311
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 8.263
When I enable persistence 20.265
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.629
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.818
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.350
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.278
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.491
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.373
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 5.972
And the computer reboots Tails 32.351
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.293
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.105
Given I enable persistence 12.456
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.135
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.144
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
2:3.042
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 8.306
# 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 27.261
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.111
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.378
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.315
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 8.119
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.502
Then persistence is disabled 0.069
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.235
And all notifications have disappeared 8.433
When I delete the persistent partition 2.710
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.584
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 7.964
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.222
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.178
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
54.172
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 8.326
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.833
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.468
And all notifications have disappeared 8.127
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.203
And all tps features are enabled 7.348
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:36.025
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 1:56.877
And I enable persistence 24.089
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.836
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.487
And persistence is enabled 7.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.960
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 7.393
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.128
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.191
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 8.507
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.229
When I enable persistence 13.020
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.041
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.940
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.432
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.310
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.272
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.111
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.130
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.213
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.708
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 7.962
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.015
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.254
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 7.327
And all notifications have disappeared 8.371
# 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" 0.222
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.147
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.004
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.644
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.928
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.493
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.286
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.418
When I log in to a new session 7.398
And all notifications have disappeared 5.977
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.079
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000