Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4168 15 Jan 2026, 12:20

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 32:27.426 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.970
And I update APT using apt 8.137
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.386
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.913
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 13.825
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.990
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And persistence is disabled 0.207
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.464
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 14.416
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.492
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.130
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.918
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.588
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.496
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.206
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
38.272
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 11.253
And the system is very low on memory 4.144
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.402
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.237
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.510
And I free up some memory 1.055
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.657
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.058
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 13.705
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.453
And all tps features are active 2.205
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.662
When I disable the first tps feature 3.257
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.312
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
17.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.117
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.071
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.071
When I disable the first tps feature 3.155
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.109
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 2.544
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.468
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 10.475
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I disable the first tps feature 2.659
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.132
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
56.349
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 10.613
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 14.188
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.570
When I write some files expected to persist 1.496
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.916
# 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" 18.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:36.047
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 10.290
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 11.137
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.177
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.754
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.874
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 41.971
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.401
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.061
Tags: @product
56.013
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 12.358
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.188
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.663
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:26.210
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.138
When I enable persistence 23.350
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.149
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.595
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.608
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.544
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.706
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.840
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.197
When I cold reboot the computer 11.141
And the computer reboots Tails 44.189
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.397
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.406
Given I enable persistence 13.005
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.114
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.532
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.112
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:37.344
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 13.858
# 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 29.653
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.924
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:21.276
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
50.436
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 13.185
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.653
Then persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.760
And all notifications have disappeared 10.302
When I delete the persistent partition 2.992
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.764
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 10.802
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.095
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.362
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
57.896
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 10.711
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.273
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.083
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.417
And all notifications have disappeared 9.920
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.425
And all tps features are enabled 2.639
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:26.974
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 5:29.571
And I enable persistence 29.141
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.505
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.682
And persistence is enabled 2.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.515
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 9.146
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.685
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.921
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 20.677
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.897
When I enable persistence 12.906
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.142
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 10.352
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.497
When I try to enable persistence 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.103
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.949
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.303
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.014
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 9.933
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 13.533
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 14.912
And all notifications have disappeared 10.305
# 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" 0.243
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.530
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.434
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.332
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.618
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 10.296
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.109
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.380
When I try to enable persistence 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.021
When I log in to a new session 12.739
And all notifications have disappeared 9.987
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.635
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000