Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 2 06 Oct 2026, 12:28

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 26:54.279 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:3.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.937
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.042
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.544
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.950
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 9.100
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.529
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.437
And persistence is disabled 0.145
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.193
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 23.481
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.429
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.162
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
32.207
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 8.789
And the system is very low on memory 4.282
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.159
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.249
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.137
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.399
And I free up some memory 0.738
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.407
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:11.596
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 22.297
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.294
And all tps features are active 8.880
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.611
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.431
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.815
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.144
Then all tps features but the first one are active 10.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
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14.754
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 9.143
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.648
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.567
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.880
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.192
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.039
And I disable the first tps feature 2.602
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.891
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
48.854
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.251
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.272
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.818
When I write some files expected to persist 1.300
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.442
# 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" 12.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.755
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 8.213
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.227
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.349
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.729
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.334
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.467
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.077
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product
42.714
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.195
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 14.107
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:2.598
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.347
When I enable persistence 24.626
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.025
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.974
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.332
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.546
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.259
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
When I cold reboot the computer 6.260
And the computer reboots Tails 34.105
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.240
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.249
Given I enable persistence 15.640
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.341
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.019
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
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2:12.800
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.353
# 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 26.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.553
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.260
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product
40.847
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.040
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.086
Then persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.967
And all notifications have disappeared 8.633
When I delete the persistent partition 2.744
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:26.454
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 8.863
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.961
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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1:1.107
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 9.689
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.059
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.997
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.281
And all notifications have disappeared 8.046
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.251
And all tps features are enabled 7.806
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:13.595
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 3:21.768
And I enable persistence 31.551
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.392
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.545
And persistence is enabled 11.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
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 8.153
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.391
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.031
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.508
When I enable persistence 13.958
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.007
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.772
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.124
When I try to enable persistence 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.667
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.261
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.218
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.959
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 8.665
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.704
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.083
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 9.795
And all notifications have disappeared 6.816
# 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" 0.223
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.249
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.226
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.375
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 9.217
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.333
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.492
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.836
When I log in to a new session 9.214
And all notifications have disappeared 8.095
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.166
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000