Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4165 14 Jan 2026, 11:49

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 20:32.536 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.822
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 1:25.320
And I update APT using apt 6.332
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.280
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.518
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 9.072
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.792
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And persistence is disabled 0.141
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.911
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 9.332
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.089
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.009
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.431
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.476
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.883
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.310
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
31.108
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 8.070
And the system is very low on memory 2.913
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.195
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.221
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.103
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.455
And I free up some memory 1.214
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.497
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.389
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 8.300
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.466
And all tps features are active 1.480
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.415
When I disable the first tps feature 2.630
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.230
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.744
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.134
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 7.539
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.052
When I disable the first tps feature 2.533
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.626
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.434
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 enabled and logged in 7.794
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.561
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.900
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.488
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 7.465
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 9.945
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.162
When I write some files expected to persist 1.125
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.674
# 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" 12.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:39.576
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 7.459
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.655
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.481
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.787
And I capture all network traffic 0.026
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 12.493
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.368
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.045
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
39.028
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 8.685
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.785
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:45.746
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.861
When I enable persistence 13.472
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.460
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.603
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.238
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.523
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.423
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.196
When I cold reboot the computer 6.358
And the computer reboots Tails 36.623
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.257
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.245
Given I enable persistence 7.218
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.062
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.262
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.428
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
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2:8.760
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 7.955
# 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 28.501
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.269
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.239
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
38.459
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.619
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.098
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.571
And all notifications have disappeared 8.865
When I delete the persistent partition 2.832
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.545
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 8.038
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.143
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.561
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.563
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
42.577
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 8.228
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.073
When I try to enable persistence 1.174
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.668
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.714
And all notifications have disappeared 8.113
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.259
And all tps features are enabled 1.010
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.690
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.058
And I enable persistence 20.913
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.456
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.665
And persistence is enabled 1.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.638
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 7.519
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.478
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.333
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 8.039
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.354
When I enable persistence 6.932
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.215
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 7.553
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.404
When I try to enable persistence 1.340
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.265
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.328
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.180
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.683
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 7.754
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.214
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.020
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.022
When I log in to a new session 11.071
And all notifications have disappeared 9.432
# 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" 0.219
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.506
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.262
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 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.472
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 8.008
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.775
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.558
When I log in to a new session 11.453
And all notifications have disappeared 7.691
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.651
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000