Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4156 07 Jan 2026, 11:31

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 21:41.068 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.205
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.562
And I update APT using apt 6.386
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.329
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.072
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 9.750
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.641
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
And persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.766
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.052
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.128
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.252
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.662
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.296
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
32.691
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 7.634
And the system is very low on memory 4.655
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.262
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.391
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.184
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.452
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.393
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 8.842
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And all tps features are active 1.385
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.383
When I disable the first tps feature 2.742
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.517
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.871
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.507
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
13.799
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 8.347
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
When I disable the first tps feature 2.524
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.520
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.956
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 8.251
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.094
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I disable the first tps feature 2.592
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.882
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.164
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 7.763
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.301
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.189
When I write some files expected to persist 1.202
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.009
# 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" 12.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.970
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 7.912
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.348
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.083
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.715
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.059
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.457
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.073
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
42.936
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 9.174
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.639
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:53.821
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 8.785
When I enable persistence 15.292
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.875
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.088
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.945
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 11.073
And the computer reboots Tails 38.482
Given I enable persistence 8.231
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.369
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.363
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:13.726
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 8.934
# 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 30.147
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.848
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.099
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
39.656
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 8.635
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.930
Then persistence is disabled 0.156
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.617
And all notifications have disappeared 8.112
When I delete the persistent partition 2.820
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.272
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 8.117
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.705
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.152
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
45.339
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.251
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.101
When I try to enable persistence 1.212
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 12.076
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.884
And all notifications have disappeared 8.774
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.360
And all tps features are enabled 1.351
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.276
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 34.349
And I enable persistence 21.930
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.191
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.665
And persistence is enabled 2.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.061
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 7.752
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 17.720
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.209
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.332
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.740
When I enable persistence 7.021
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.777
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.234
When I try to enable persistence 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.137
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.200
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.234
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
47.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.026
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.992
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 11.333
And all notifications have disappeared 10.076
# 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" 0.266
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.486
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.203
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.341
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.196
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 8.122
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.320
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.727
When I log in to a new session 11.841
And all notifications have disappeared 8.191
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.352
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000