Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 8 12 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 24:20.771 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:11.964
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 1:29.519
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.190
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.576
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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29.058
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 9.064
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.491
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.214
And persistence is disabled 0.097
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:36.701
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 8.495
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.968
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.077
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.673
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.845
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.184
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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30.028
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.178
And the system is very low on memory 4.521
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.170
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.611
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.151
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.603
And I free up some memory 0.718
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.021
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:51.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.976
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
And all tps features are active 8.181
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.715
When I disable the first tps feature 2.505
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.263
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.251
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.068
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
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13.548
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 7.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I disable the first tps feature 2.728
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.056
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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13.600
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 8.044
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.510
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.873
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.937
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 13.313
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.464
When I write some files expected to persist 1.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.317
# 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" 12.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.142
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 8.016
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 9.591
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.269
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.541
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 11.990
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.359
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.059
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.076
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40.193
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 8.581
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 12.819
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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3:0.094
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 8.596
When I enable persistence 23.954
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.123
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.084
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.347
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.335
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.582
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.608
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.128
When I cold reboot the computer 6.126
And the computer reboots Tails 35.290
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
Given I enable persistence 17.160
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.130
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.340
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.457
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
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2:12.032
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 8.652
# 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 28.066
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.341
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.933
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
40.660
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 8.884
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.194
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.372
And all notifications have disappeared 9.181
When I delete the persistent partition 2.636
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:24.275
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 8.847
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.308
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.837
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
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1:0.188
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 8.322
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.969
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.691
And all notifications have disappeared 8.361
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.300
And all tps features are enabled 8.446
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:45.861
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 2:1.431
And I enable persistence 26.642
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.321
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.624
And persistence is enabled 8.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.366
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 7.673
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 22.235
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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41.950
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 8.644
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.488
When I enable persistence 13.157
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.403
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 8.275
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.818
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.269
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.086
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.140
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.229
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.408
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 8.104
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.080
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.951
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.121
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 8.987
And all notifications have disappeared 7.489
# 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" 0.179
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.076
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.193
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.159
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.747
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 8.449
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.557
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.377
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.258
When I log in to a new session 8.066
And all notifications have disappeared 7.547
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.256
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000