Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4148 03 Jan 2026, 12:07

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 157 0 0 0 0 157 21 0 21 29:44.373 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:8.701
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:52.854
And I update APT using apt 8.475
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.280
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.073
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 14.158
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.572
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
And persistence is disabled 0.183
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.931
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 logged in 13.716
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.355
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.259
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.614
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.809
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.744
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.241
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
36.355
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.818
And the system is very low on memory 4.670
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.252
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.607
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.492
And I free up some memory 0.894
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.942
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.636
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.152
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.383
And all tps features are active 2.037
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.193
When I disable the first tps feature 3.074
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.916
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.853
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
16.649
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.921
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.064
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.366
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.138
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 3.037
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.007
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.647
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.784
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 10.832
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.562
When I write some files expected to persist 1.257
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.720
# 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" 17.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.021
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 10.482
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.207
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.694
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.231
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 13.044
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.443
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.082
Tags: @product
48.752
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 12.459
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.136
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.716
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.030
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.124
When I enable persistence 25.845
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.622
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.968
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.165
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
When I cold reboot the computer 12.097
And the computer reboots Tails 42.114
Given I enable persistence 11.826
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.510
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.424
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:25.210
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.390
# 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 28.758
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.436
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:12.470
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product
46.351
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.936
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.993
Then persistence is disabled 0.147
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.943
And all notifications have disappeared 10.060
When I delete the persistent partition 2.838
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.106
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.975
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
54.554
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.212
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.344
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.061
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.950
And all notifications have disappeared 9.302
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.322
And all tps features are enabled 2.236
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:55.478
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 5:15.220
And I enable persistence 26.282
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.261
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.619
And persistence is enabled 2.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.347
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 9.372
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.331
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.090
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.323
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.867
When I enable persistence 10.609
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.277
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.708
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.161
When I try to enable persistence 1.365
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.073
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.281
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.225
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.292
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.281
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.816
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.104
When I try to enable persistence 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.574
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.378
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I log in to a new session 11.765
And all notifications have disappeared 10.364
# 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" 0.212
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.485
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.251
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.881
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.673
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.773
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.347
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.350
When I try to enable persistence 1.283
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.346
When I log in to a new session 12.267
And all notifications have disappeared 9.578
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.378
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000