Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4170 15 Jan 2026, 17:33

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 20:58.928 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.747
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 1:18.987
And I update APT using apt 5.559
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.250
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.637
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 9.128
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.461
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.413
And persistence is disabled 0.241
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.196
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 8.791
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.393
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.406
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.632
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.633
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.988
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.222
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
30.675
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.314
And the system is very low on memory 3.221
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.376
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.518
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 2.356
And I free up some memory 0.856
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.437
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.541
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 8.236
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.285
And all tps features are active 1.163
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.142
When I disable the first tps feature 2.598
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.451
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.434
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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13.237
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 7.798
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.541
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.483
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.901
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 7.787
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.084
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 3.044
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.880
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.141
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 7.265
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.410
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.201
When I write some files expected to persist 1.175
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.536
# 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" 12.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:41.943
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 7.356
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.345
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.696
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.226
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.576
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.429
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.051
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.108
Tags: @product
40.199
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.010
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.101
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.076
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.382
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 9.332
When I enable persistence 13.569
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.405
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.931
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.279
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.564
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.680
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.165
When I cold reboot the computer 10.312
And the computer reboots Tails 37.957
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.297
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 8.827
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.348
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.925
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:12.509
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 8.274
# 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 29.491
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.971
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.451
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product
39.854
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 8.253
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.539
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.286
And all notifications have disappeared 8.536
When I delete the persistent partition 2.760
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.853
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 7.715
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.065
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.858
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.991
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
41.310
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 7.934
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.064
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.449
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.028
And all notifications have disappeared 8.152
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 1.040
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:4.809
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 31.510
And I enable persistence 20.866
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.789
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.768
And persistence is enabled 1.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.464
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 7.357
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.453
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.974
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.301
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.044
When I enable persistence 6.803
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.248
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 7.494
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.431
When I try to enable persistence 1.264
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.170
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.436
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.185
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.276
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 8.020
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.147
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.041
When I log in to a new session 11.351
And all notifications have disappeared 9.288
# 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" 0.156
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.090
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.260
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.605
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.020
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 7.733
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.292
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.544
When I try to enable persistence 1.304
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.919
When I log in to a new session 10.086
And all notifications have disappeared 9.528
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.814
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000