Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 19 23 Oct 2026, 05:56

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 22:40.596 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:56.336
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 1:17.056
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.673
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 3.605
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.324
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 8.208
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.871
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.174
And persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.711
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.620
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.281
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.839
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.036
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.143
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
28.235
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 7.832
And the system is very low on memory 4.293
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.280
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.208
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 2.400
And I free up some memory 0.430
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.647
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.908
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 8.316
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.267
And all tps features are active 7.452
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.775
When I disable the first tps feature 2.425
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.631
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.404
Then all tps features but the first one are active 7.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product
13.176
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 7.962
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
When I disable the first tps feature 2.439
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.446
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 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
12.997
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 7.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.056
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.042
And I disable the first tps feature 2.456
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.810
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
44.062
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 7.477
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.743
And I take note of which tps features are available 6.304
When I write some files expected to persist 0.887
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.368
# 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" 11.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:35.874
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 7.573
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 9.495
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.241
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.740
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.072
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.130
Tags: @product
37.430
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 8.374
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.716
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 15.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:48.190
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 8.181
When I enable persistence 22.433
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.297
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.215
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.282
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.450
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.461
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.105
When I cold reboot the computer 5.836
And the computer reboots Tails 32.682
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.302
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
Given I enable persistence 12.886
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.056
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.136
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 6.107
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
2:4.830
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 8.285
# 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 28.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.163
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.830
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
36.998
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 7.936
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.704
Then persistence is disabled 0.076
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.400
And all notifications have disappeared 8.020
When I delete the persistent partition 2.593
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.009
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 8.082
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.503
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
54.868
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 8.164
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.817
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.625
And all notifications have disappeared 8.143
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.228
And all tps features are enabled 8.075
And all tps features but the first one are active 7.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:38.066
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 1:57.353
And I enable persistence 25.712
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.191
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.520
And persistence is enabled 7.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.005
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 7.535
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.040
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
37.884
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 8.368
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.732
When I enable persistence 12.232
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.035
And persistence is successfully enabled 7.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
27.579
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 8.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.777
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.753
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.166
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.099
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.703
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 7.748
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.051
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.871
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 6.964
And all notifications have disappeared 8.418
# 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" 0.180
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.072
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.010
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 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
38.401
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 7.747
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.780
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.234
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 1.971
When I log in to a new session 7.845
And all notifications have disappeared 7.715
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.065
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000