Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 23 27 Oct 2026, 06:00

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 22:19.346 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.389
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 1:16.906
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.045
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.640
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.365
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 8.825
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.664
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And persistence is disabled 0.075
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.489
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 8.282
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.369
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.812
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.599
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.095
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product
28.034
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.954
And the system is very low on memory 3.790
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.173
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.312
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.286
And I free up some memory 0.456
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.917
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.130
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 7.989
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.300
And all tps features are active 7.435
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.600
When I disable the first tps feature 2.450
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.374
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.420
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product
12.704
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 7.503
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.038
When I disable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.379
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.005
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 7.616
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.051
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.459
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.779
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
43.995
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 7.741
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.240
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.573
When I write some files expected to persist 1.029
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.128
# 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" 11.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.288
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 7.711
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 7.930
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.321
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.335
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.267
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.055
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086
Tags: @product
36.930
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 8.442
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.063
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.494
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:46.961
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 8.326
When I enable persistence 20.555
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.866
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.262
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.210
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.131
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.422
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.924
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 5.760
And the computer reboots Tails 33.415
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.356
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.222
Given I enable persistence 11.770
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.138
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.198
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:6.568
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 8.008
# 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 28.258
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.211
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.819
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.346
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 7.625
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.256
Then persistence is disabled 0.070
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.162
And all notifications have disappeared 8.357
When I delete the persistent partition 2.628
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:14.302
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 7.741
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.060
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.174
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
51.842
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 7.948
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.434
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.191
And all notifications have disappeared 7.268
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.246
And all tps features are enabled 7.322
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:30.768
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 1:51.454
And I enable persistence 24.161
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.795
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.483
And persistence is enabled 7.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.982
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 7.376
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.161
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
36.359
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 8.065
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.448
When I enable persistence 12.468
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
25.710
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 7.599
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.250
When I try to enable persistence 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.014
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.135
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.112
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.123
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.582
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 7.803
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.934
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.231
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 8.617
And all notifications have disappeared 6.591
# 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" 0.109
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.121
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.142
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
36.587
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 8.036
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.726
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.218
When I try to enable persistence 1.123
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.360
When I log in to a new session 8.035
And all notifications have disappeared 6.293
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.074
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000