Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 20 24 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 24:5.771 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.226
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 1:16.276
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.589
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.505
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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26.506
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 8.247
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.382
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.184
And persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.610
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 21.842
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.915
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.509
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.659
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product
28.078
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 7.984
And the system is very low on memory 4.008
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.181
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.532
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.345
And I free up some memory 0.518
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.354
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.645
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 8.068
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.312
And all tps features are active 7.687
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.566
When I disable the first tps feature 2.430
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.719
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.293
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
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13.047
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 7.746
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I disable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.872
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 7.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 2.464
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.794
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.113
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 7.531
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.730
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.373
When I write some files expected to persist 0.931
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.213
# 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" 11.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.546
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 7.349
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 9.652
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.155
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.621
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.122
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.046
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.093
Tags: @product
37.977
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.310
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.081
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.744
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.313
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 8.385
When I enable persistence 20.673
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.377
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 37.810
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.468
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.295
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.683
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.114
When I cold reboot the computer 5.754
And the computer reboots Tails 32.370
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.184
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.103
Given I enable persistence 12.019
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.330
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.055
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
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2:1.201
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 7.934
# 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 27.537
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.224
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.020
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
51.143
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.927
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.517
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.560
And all notifications have disappeared 8.216
When I delete the persistent partition 2.609
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.909
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 8.188
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.039
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.233
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
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53.186
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 8.230
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.041
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.334
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.781
And all notifications have disappeared 7.060
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.239
And all tps features are enabled 7.329
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:36.650
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 2:52.090
And I enable persistence 27.300
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.635
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.518
And persistence is enabled 9.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.960
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 7.403
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.035
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.108
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 8.459
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.635
When I enable persistence 14.758
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 9.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.583
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 7.986
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.777
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.841
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.148
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.182
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.537
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 7.980
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.633
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.104
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.408
And all notifications have disappeared 6.825
# 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" 0.147
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.071
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.139
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.143
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 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.551
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 8.017
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.331
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.242
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.270
When I log in to a new session 7.933
And all notifications have disappeared 6.685
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.034
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000