Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 22 26 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 22:38.337 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:57.735
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 1:17.684
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.710
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.514
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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27.064
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 8.413
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.243
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.344
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 8.550
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.307
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 57.766
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.138
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product
29.225
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 7.947
And the system is very low on memory 5.252
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.135
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.243
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.097
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.335
And I free up some memory 0.430
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.756
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.152
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.088
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And all tps features are active 7.688
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.459
When I disable the first tps feature 2.431
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.488
Then all tps features but the first one are active 6.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
12.968
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 7.740
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.077
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
When I disable the first tps feature 2.441
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.045
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.031
When I enable the first tps feature 2.402
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.057
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 7.430
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I disable the first tps feature 2.519
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.891
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
42.711
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 7.476
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 11.637
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.336
When I write some files expected to persist 0.848
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.192
# 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" 11.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.603
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 7.440
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.403
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.279
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.549
And I capture all network traffic 0.002
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 12.135
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.427
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product
36.971
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.243
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 11.149
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:47.097
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 8.625
When I enable persistence 22.661
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.816
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.104
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.199
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.133
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.505
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 21.297
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.118
When I cold reboot the computer 5.820
And the computer reboots Tails 32.448
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.324
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.250
Given I enable persistence 12.123
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.066
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.283
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.195
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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2:3.273
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 7.998
# 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 27.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.229
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.436
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
37.224
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 7.945
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.932
Then persistence is disabled 0.064
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.677
And all notifications have disappeared 8.780
When I delete the persistent partition 2.579
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.683
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 7.595
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.047
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.500
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
51.741
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 7.870
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.473
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.865
And all notifications have disappeared 7.339
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.356
And all tps features are enabled 7.291
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:32.834
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 1:52.266
And I enable persistence 24.516
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.721
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.569
And persistence is enabled 7.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.875
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 7.445
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.970
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
38.077
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 7.994
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.273
When I enable persistence 12.291
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.038
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
26.910
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 7.833
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.543
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.545
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.093
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.165
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.577
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 7.657
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.798
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 8.053
And all notifications have disappeared 7.275
# 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" 0.123
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.071
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.117
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.018
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.208
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.662
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.351
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.010
When I log in to a new session 7.570
And all notifications have disappeared 8.283
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.006
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000