Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_5494-snowflake 15 22 Mar 2026, 11:17

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 21:5.887 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.590
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.058
And I update APT using apt 5.403
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.295
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.472
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.532
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.296
And persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.276
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.536
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.429
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.336
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.401
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.068
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.450
And the system is very low on memory 3.981
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.868
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.082
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.348
And I free up some memory 0.836
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.271
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.253
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
And all tps features are active 1.134
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.006
When I disable the first tps feature 2.471
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.679
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.553
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
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12.654
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.353
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.449
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.081
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.442
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.368
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 2.526
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.811
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.139
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.116
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.205
When I write some files expected to persist 1.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.631
# 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?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 11.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:40.451
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.460
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 15.877
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.106
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.675
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.489
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 41.160
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.377
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
37.449
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.340
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.062
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.022
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.428
When I enable persistence 12.310
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.174
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.536
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.367
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.273
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.499
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.555
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 10.118
And the computer reboots Tails 36.982
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.285
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.212
Given I enable persistence 7.283
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.279
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.775
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:8.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.146
# 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 28.909
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.439
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.045
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
36.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.805
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.664
Then persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.096
And all notifications have disappeared 7.974
When I delete the persistent partition 2.850
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:15.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.682
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.323
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.792
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
39.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.074
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.954
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.449
And all notifications have disappeared 7.943
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 1.037
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 30.232
And I enable persistence 18.323
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.980
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.539
And persistence is enabled 1.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.583
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.101
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.917
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 8.287
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.071
When I enable persistence 6.690
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.044
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.393
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.791
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.828
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.943
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.209
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.266
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.194
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.584
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.149
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.581
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.526
And all notifications have disappeared 8.240
# 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" 0.160
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.096
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.170
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.193
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.278
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.625
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.498
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.321
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.533
When I log in to a new session 10.010
And all notifications have disappeared 8.042
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.317
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000