Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 17 21 Oct 2026, 06:06

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 24:59.582 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.243
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 1:17.731
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.066
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.593
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.795
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 8.544
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.918
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.229
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.739
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 8.788
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.718
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.064
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.160
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
29.518
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 8.345
And the system is very low on memory 3.871
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.268
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.432
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.104
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.307
And I free up some memory 0.489
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.664
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.923
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 8.249
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
And all tps features are active 8.459
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.811
When I disable the first tps feature 2.508
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.714
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.103
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
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13.691
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 8.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.563
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.469
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.270
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 20.794
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.494
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.788
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.707
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.110
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.985
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.824
When I write some files expected to persist 0.952
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.254
# 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" 11.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:42.757
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 7.767
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 9.366
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.315
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.343
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.248
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.378
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.089
Tags: @product
37.999
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 8.324
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.095
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.802
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:49.577
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 8.312
When I enable persistence 21.233
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.415
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.202
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.220
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.481
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.971
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 5.989
And the computer reboots Tails 34.098
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.295
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.137
Given I enable persistence 13.734
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.291
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.705
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:7.657
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 8.538
# 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 28.994
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.293
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.984
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.577
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 8.184
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.381
Then persistence is disabled 0.139
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.403
And all notifications have disappeared 8.530
When I delete the persistent partition 2.672
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:18.680
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 7.940
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.549
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.930
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
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1:1.080
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 8.055
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.109
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.028
And all notifications have disappeared 8.710
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.279
And all tps features are enabled 10.542
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:56.255
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 3:11.328
And I enable persistence 28.273
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.480
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.529
And persistence is enabled 9.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.216
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 7.630
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.127
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.655
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 9.030
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.952
When I enable persistence 16.261
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.733
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 8.070
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.793
When I try to enable persistence 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.585
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.195
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.105
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.838
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 7.886
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.094
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.989
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 8.891
And all notifications have disappeared 8.177
# 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" 0.198
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.210
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.076
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.662
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 8.086
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.472
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.254
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.341
When I log in to a new session 8.208
And all notifications have disappeared 7.437
Then the Tor Browser starts 0.998
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000