Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4169 15 Jan 2026, 15:49

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 26:54.755 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:59.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:46.356
And I update APT using apt 6.106
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.252
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.252
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 9.946
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.014
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 3.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.021
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 10.152
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.295
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.116
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.622
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.550
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.537
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.236
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
32.722
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 9.672
And the system is very low on memory 0.963
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.250
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.565
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.179
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.584
And I free up some memory 0.984
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.931
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.300
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 10.046
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
And all tps features are active 2.003
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.211
When I disable the first tps feature 2.579
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.597
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.398
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
15.105
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 9.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
When I disable the first tps feature 2.542
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.657
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.122
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 9.250
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.539
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.132
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.224
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 9.338
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 10.139
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.564
When I write some files expected to persist 1.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.840
# 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" 17.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.783
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 9.585
And the network is plugged 0.083
And Tor is ready 9.592
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.172
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.591
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.603
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 12.441
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.385
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
42.160
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.893
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.086
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.312
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:0.630
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 9.595
When I enable persistence 12.214
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.468
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.955
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.690
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.475
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.694
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.801
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.198
When I cold reboot the computer 8.686
And the computer reboots Tails 39.795
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.595
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.363
Given I enable persistence 12.196
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.123
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.421
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.164
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:9.949
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 9.586
# 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 20.353
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.568
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:13.567
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
38.348
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 9.507
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.377
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.105
And all notifications have disappeared 9.821
When I delete the persistent partition 3.011
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.316
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 9.591
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.572
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
45.275
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 9.303
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.651
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.100
And all notifications have disappeared 9.784
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.502
And all tps features are enabled 2.356
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:44.139
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 5:6.473
And I enable persistence 23.649
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.175
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.656
And persistence is enabled 2.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.018
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 8.816
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.459
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.814
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 9.571
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.247
When I enable persistence 10.611
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.948
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 9.282
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 4.944
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.877
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.796
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.222
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.965
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 9.218
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.273
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.311
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.040
When I log in to a new session 11.484
And all notifications have disappeared 10.147
# 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" 0.238
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.532
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.274
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.947
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.946
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 9.547
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 4.716
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.428
When I try to enable persistence 1.342
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.876
When I log in to a new session 11.973
And all notifications have disappeared 9.485
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.427
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000