Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4173 17 Jan 2026, 08:54

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 28:33.688 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.640
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 1:48.611
And I update APT using apt 5.576
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.304
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.683
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 9.953
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.012
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.308
And persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.894
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 10.034
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.137
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.244
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.628
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.912
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.927
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.616
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
34.029
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 10.386
And the system is very low on memory 1.127
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.376
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.522
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.132
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.580
And I free up some memory 1.111
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.155
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.509
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 10.514
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
And all tps features are active 2.028
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.192
When I disable the first tps feature 2.696
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.027
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.894
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
16.008
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 9.711
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.086
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.119
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.065
When I disable the first tps feature 2.636
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.064
When I enable the first tps feature 3.124
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.722
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.843
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.582
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.110
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
50.207
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 9.630
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.609
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.569
When I write some files expected to persist 1.441
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.742
# 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" 18.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.252
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 enabled and logged in 9.722
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 10.000
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.619
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.982
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.917
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.446
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.103
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
43.357
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 9.503
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.111
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.955
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.186
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 10.266
When I enable persistence 12.102
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.955
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.259
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.541
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.417
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.673
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.619
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 8.801
And the computer reboots Tails 42.209
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.458
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.347
Given I enable persistence 13.315
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.403
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.387
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:37.921
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 10.569
# 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 23.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.346
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.544
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 40.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
40.224
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 9.745
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.729
Then persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.129
And all notifications have disappeared 9.614
When I delete the persistent partition 3.469
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.524
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 10.318
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.737
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.029
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
49.376
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 10.319
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.037
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.227
And all notifications have disappeared 10.116
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.913
And all tps features are enabled 2.378
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:51.819
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 5:12.215
And I enable persistence 24.608
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.113
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.728
And persistence is enabled 2.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.054
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 9.378
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.951
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.265
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 10.318
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 5.830
When I enable persistence 13.541
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.313
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 9.753
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 6.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.477
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.908
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.284
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.809
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 10.295
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.072
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.981
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.048
When I log in to a new session 12.843
And all notifications have disappeared 10.271
# 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" 0.288
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.642
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.324
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.497
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.885
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.691
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.965
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.422
When I try to enable persistence 1.368
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.466
When I log in to a new session 11.544
And all notifications have disappeared 10.113
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.081
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000