Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4161 10 Jan 2026, 11:43

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 20:31.067 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.698
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.183
And I update APT using apt 6.300
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.335
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.086
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 8.664
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.329
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.269
And persistence is disabled 0.140
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.650
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 8.721
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.326
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.790
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.438
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.711
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.287
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.183
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
29.075
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.640
And the system is very low on memory 3.773
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.294
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.846
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.099
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.474
And I free up some memory 0.835
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.051
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.812
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 8.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
And all tps features are active 1.436
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.121
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.189
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.471
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
13.113
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 7.729
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.565
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.065
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.619
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 7.923
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.605
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.845
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.782
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 7.646
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 10.103
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.210
When I write some files expected to persist 1.304
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.542
# 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" 11.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.271
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 7.503
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 10.249
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.121
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.827
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.347
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.574
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.114
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
39.641
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.239
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.089
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.084
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.664
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 9.088
When I enable persistence 13.155
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.190
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.812
And I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.544
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.221
When I cold reboot the computer 10.342
And the computer reboots Tails 36.067
Given I enable persistence 7.505
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.362
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.205
Then all Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:4.502
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 8.108
# 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 23.947
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.286
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.288
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.086
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 7.952
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.590
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.702
And all notifications have disappeared 8.401
When I delete the persistent partition 2.991
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.527
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 7.393
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.560
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.314
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
42.014
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 7.635
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.066
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.374
And all notifications have disappeared 8.373
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 1.004
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.287
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 31.485
And I enable persistence 20.383
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.143
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.652
And persistence is enabled 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.459
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 7.559
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.284
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.515
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 8.671
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.940
When I enable persistence 6.957
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.370
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 7.674
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.443
When I try to enable persistence 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.376
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.151
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.160
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.525
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 7.548
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.202
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 12.199
And all notifications have disappeared 9.575
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.511
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.188
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.725
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.361
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 8.116
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.715
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.382
When I try to enable persistence 1.391
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.851
When I log in to a new session 10.648
And all notifications have disappeared 8.804
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.660
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000