Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4162 13 Jan 2026, 16:27

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 32:9.524 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:42.056
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 2:25.542
And I update APT using apt 8.568
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.787
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.096
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 14.455
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.159
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.329
And persistence is disabled 0.144
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.410
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 14.718
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.427
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.136
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.896
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.673
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.770
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.153
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.566
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
38.440
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 10.546
And the system is very low on memory 4.214
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.204
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.002
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.213
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.576
And I free up some memory 1.060
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.108
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.788
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 13.563
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.332
And all tps features are active 2.265
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.336
When I disable the first tps feature 2.658
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.877
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.333
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
17.909
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 enabled and logged in 11.313
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.110
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 3.295
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.050
When I enable the first tps feature 2.774
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.818
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 10.304
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.072
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 3.134
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.203
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.339
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 enabled and logged in 10.457
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 13.297
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.622
When I write some files expected to persist 1.440
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.123
# 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" 18.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.222
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 10.690
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 10.695
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.005
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.131
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.677
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.414
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.084
Tags: @product
52.153
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 12.740
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.126
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.900
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:28.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.355
When I enable persistence 23.560
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.276
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.720
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.538
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.460
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.772
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.978
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.177
When I cold reboot the computer 12.414
And the computer reboots Tails 45.106
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.478
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.321
Given I enable persistence 12.681
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.103
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.429
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.355
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:37.695
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 13.208
# 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 30.617
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.474
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:20.202
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
52.150
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 13.144
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.957
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.818
And all notifications have disappeared 10.606
When I delete the persistent partition 2.825
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.714
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.747
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.851
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.771
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
59.196
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 11.471
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.539
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.999
And all notifications have disappeared 9.649
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.568
And all tps features are enabled 2.531
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:13.168
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 5:27.651
And I enable persistence 30.515
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.968
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.702
And persistence is enabled 2.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.760
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 9.316
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.784
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.576
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.797
When I enable persistence 12.377
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 11.501
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.955
When I try to enable persistence 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.978
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.310
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.869
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.083
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.216
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.692
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 10.527
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.849
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.051
When I log in to a new session 13.196
And all notifications have disappeared 10.903
# 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" 0.557
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.693
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.406
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.620
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.272
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 10.822
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.959
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.406
When I try to enable persistence 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.890
When I log in to a new session 13.682
And all notifications have disappeared 9.776
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000