Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 6 10 Oct 2026, 06:02

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 24:50.235 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:2.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.659
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.879
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.524
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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28.172
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.094
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
And persistence is disabled 0.090
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:33.923
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 8.564
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.253
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.002
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.092
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.383
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.152
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
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43.497
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 22.265
And the system is very low on memory 4.358
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.094
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.090
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.347
And I free up some memory 0.519
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.552
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:53.668
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 8.374
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.337
And all tps features are active 9.132
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.857
When I disable the first tps feature 2.472
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.514
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.466
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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13.351
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 8.058
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.097
When I disable the first tps feature 2.451
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.035
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.045
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.517
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 7.759
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
And I disable the first tps feature 2.642
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.924
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.410
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 7.700
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 13.116
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.069
When I write some files expected to persist 1.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.311
# 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" 11.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:41.875
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 8.744
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 8.760
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.141
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.487
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.291
And I capture all network traffic 0.009
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.690
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.126
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.079
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38.677
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.723
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.097
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.257
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:1.305
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 9.530
When I enable persistence 24.826
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.087
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.738
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.405
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.324
# 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 23.085
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.105
When I cold reboot the computer 5.875
And the computer reboots Tails 34.505
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.215
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 17.166
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.061
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.280
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.172
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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2:15.426
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 8.967
# 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 28.444
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.555
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.610
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
40.397
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 8.801
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.571
Then persistence is disabled 0.082
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.075
And all notifications have disappeared 8.725
When I delete the persistent partition 2.760
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:21.811
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 8.613
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.730
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
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1:2.343
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 8.949
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.827
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.219
And all notifications have disappeared 8.792
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.260
And all tps features are enabled 8.406
And all tps features but the first one are active 10.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:54.439
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 2:7.221
And I enable persistence 29.129
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.824
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.505
And persistence is enabled 9.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
34.129
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 7.605
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 26.004
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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48.353
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 9.558
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.331
When I enable persistence 17.046
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 11.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.475
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 8.919
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.690
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.724
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.109
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.195
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.428
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.319
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.156
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.020
When I log in to a new session 10.123
And all notifications have disappeared 7.671
# 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" 0.217
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.095
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.248
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.351
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.189
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 8.991
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.962
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.247
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.298
When I log in to a new session 8.028
And all notifications have disappeared 8.246
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.097
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000