Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 3 07 Oct 2026, 06:22

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 25:21.051 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.135
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 1:26.537
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.797
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.865
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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33.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.490
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.659
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.210
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.437
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 10.944
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.307
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 21.856
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.778
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.136
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product
30.287
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 8.699
And the system is very low on memory 4.392
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.880
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.107
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.463
And I free up some memory 0.547
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.979
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.127
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 8.904
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And all tps features are active 9.798
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.226
When I disable the first tps feature 2.579
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.109
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.342
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.262
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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14.016
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 8.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 3.045
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.517
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.678
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 8.009
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 2.613
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.875
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.942
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 21.699
And the network is plugged 0.460
And Tor is ready 12.197
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.399
When I write some files expected to persist 1.006
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.477
# 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" 12.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:46.533
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 7.931
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.726
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.416
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.500
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.180
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.349
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
Tags: @product
42.057
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 8.548
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.540
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:59.937
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 9.243
When I enable persistence 25.229
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.440
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.430
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.540
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.400
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.629
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.863
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
When I cold reboot the computer 5.852
And the computer reboots Tails 34.745
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.254
Given I enable persistence 14.454
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
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 7.779
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product
2:16.726
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 9.184
# 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 30.223
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.458
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.217
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
42.579
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 8.936
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.247
Then persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.271
And all notifications have disappeared 9.135
When I delete the persistent partition 2.573
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.928
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 8.455
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.072
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.350
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.676
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product
1:0.938
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 9.381
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.733
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.211
And all notifications have disappeared 8.653
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.424
And all tps features are enabled 8.592
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:48.756
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 2:0.654
And I enable persistence 28.972
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.469
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.623
And persistence is enabled 9.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
33.547
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 7.528
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 25.271
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.524
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 8.941
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.166
When I enable persistence 14.683
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.461
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 8.347
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.317
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.128
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.348
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.114
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.497
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 8.812
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.130
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.419
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I log in to a new session 9.433
And all notifications have disappeared 7.272
# 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" 0.276
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.113
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.555
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.399
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 8.124
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.453
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.355
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.906
When I log in to a new session 9.409
And all notifications have disappeared 7.614
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.323
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000