Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 4 08 Oct 2026, 05:59

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 24:29.514 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:58.131
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 1:15.784
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.878
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.853
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.938
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 8.259
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.291
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.152
And persistence is disabled 0.065
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:30.379
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 8.721
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.104
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.737
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.447
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.871
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.141
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
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28.562
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.911
And the system is very low on memory 4.375
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.427
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.379
And I free up some memory 0.480
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.665
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.984
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 8.265
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.279
And all tps features are active 7.558
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.816
When I disable the first tps feature 2.473
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.688
And 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 1:0.910
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.077
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12.873
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 7.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.463
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.037
When I enable the first tps feature 2.383
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.098
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 7.550
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.525
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.853
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.798
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 7.527
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.446
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.346
When I write some files expected to persist 0.938
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.214
# 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" 11.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:32.729
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 7.517
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 8.252
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.238
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.560
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.450
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.356
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.050
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
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37.252
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 8.358
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 12.793
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:43.737
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 8.273
When I enable persistence 20.668
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.124
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.044
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.197
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.476
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.259
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.112
When I cold reboot the computer 5.768
And the computer reboots Tails 31.780
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.301
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.258
Given I enable persistence 12.006
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.055
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.229
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.850
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.977
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 8.111
# 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 28.871
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.240
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.904
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
39.081
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 8.130
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.115
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.966
And all notifications have disappeared 8.865
When I delete the persistent partition 2.663
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.504
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 8.580
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.999
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.684
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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58.663
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 7.866
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.409
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.459
And all notifications have disappeared 8.241
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.215
And all tps features are enabled 8.585
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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4:12.152
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 3:26.017
And I enable persistence 29.224
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" 0.484
And persistence is enabled 8.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
31.153
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 7.564
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 23.065
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.273
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.655
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.768
When I enable persistence 13.912
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.030
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 8.325
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.936
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.116
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.092
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.186
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.190
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.023
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 7.973
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.234
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 7.949
And all notifications have disappeared 8.089
# 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" 0.178
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.165
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.063
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.167
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 8.503
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.871
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.302
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.170
When I log in to a new session 8.695
And all notifications have disappeared 7.492
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.111
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000