Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4171 16 Jan 2026, 08:42

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 30:31.337 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:14.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.037
And I update APT using apt 8.522
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.483
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.742
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 13.537
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.498
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.305
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:10.673
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 13.753
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.345
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 27.878
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.651
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.417
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.233
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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38.078
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 11.673
And the system is very low on memory 4.186
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.298
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.023
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.185
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.569
And I free up some memory 0.997
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.567
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.771
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 12.250
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
And all tps features are active 2.173
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.295
When I disable the first tps feature 3.130
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.182
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.619
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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15.811
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 9.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 3.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.071
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.578
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.857
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 9.406
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.074
And I disable the first tps feature 3.098
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.127
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.638
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 9.557
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 13.599
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.615
When I write some files expected to persist 1.382
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.581
# 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" 17.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.045
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 9.625
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 11.129
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.150
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.950
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.078
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 12.238
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.422
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
50.042
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 12.731
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.192
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.612
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 22.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:19.466
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 12.474
When I enable persistence 23.558
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.072
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.326
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.538
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.496
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.681
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.059
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
When I cold reboot the computer 10.451
And the computer reboots Tails 41.587
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.462
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.298
Given I enable persistence 10.388
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.408
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.184
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:26.511
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 11.114
# 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 27.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.210
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:15.312
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product
45.594
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 10.369
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.318
Then persistence is disabled 0.117
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.225
And all notifications have disappeared 10.231
When I delete the persistent partition 2.902
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.541
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 10.215
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.097
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.872
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.103
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.386
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 10.301
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.287
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.352
And all notifications have disappeared 9.448
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.363
And all tps features are enabled 2.315
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:10.424
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 5:26.116
And I enable persistence 29.679
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.696
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.685
And persistence is enabled 2.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.887
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 9.054
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.106
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.967
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 10.201
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.537
When I enable persistence 10.746
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.226
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 10.129
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.916
When I try to enable persistence 1.299
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.992
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.903
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.324
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.222
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 9.839
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.235
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.117
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I log in to a new session 12.207
And all notifications have disappeared 10.852
# 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" 0.222
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.540
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.337
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.210
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.620
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 9.899
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.046
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.409
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.562
When I log in to a new session 12.087
And all notifications have disappeared 10.605
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.516
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000