Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 9 13 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 23:32.945 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.969
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 1:18.634
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.003
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.597
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.947
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 8.366
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.712
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.209
And persistence is disabled 0.084
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:34.752
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 9.133
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.405
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.471
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.090
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.142
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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29.793
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.084
And the system is very low on memory 4.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.266
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.235
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.355
And I free up some memory 0.419
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.929
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:45.435
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 8.399
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.275
And all tps features are active 8.476
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.708
When I disable the first tps feature 2.421
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.006
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.336
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.920
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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13.123
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 7.718
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.607
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.208
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 7.642
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.454
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.946
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
46.295
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 8.172
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.621
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.498
When I write some files expected to persist 1.167
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.205
# 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" 11.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.963
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 7.619
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 9.834
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.085
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.323
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.148
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.370
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
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38.661
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.557
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.886
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:51.699
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 8.704
When I enable persistence 23.756
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.563
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.645
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.381
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.288
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.425
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.105
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
When I cold reboot the computer 6.068
And the computer reboots Tails 33.108
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.130
Given I enable persistence 13.569
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.150
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.142
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
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2:8.404
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 8.532
# 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 30.495
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.219
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.479
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
38.695
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 8.339
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.463
Then persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.138
And all notifications have disappeared 8.662
When I delete the persistent partition 2.676
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:20.535
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 8.335
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.408
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.563
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
56.486
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 8.134
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 13.505
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.655
And all notifications have disappeared 8.531
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 7.557
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.938
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:57.870
And I enable persistence 27.121
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.734
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.676
And persistence is enabled 8.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.754
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 7.412
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.844
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
41.060
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 8.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.518
When I enable persistence 13.963
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.025
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 8.256
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.582
When I try to enable persistence 1.289
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.015
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.243
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.151
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.047
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.118
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.785
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 7.863
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.063
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 0.025
When I log in to a new session 8.614
And all notifications have disappeared 7.167
# 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" 0.315
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.091
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.167
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.135
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.409
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 8.372
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.120
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.844
When I log in to a new session 7.680
And all notifications have disappeared 8.010
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.084
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000