Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4175 18 Jan 2026, 12:10

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 27:9.483 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:46.999
And I update APT using apt 6.854
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.335
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.067
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 9.845
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.595
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.309
And persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.274
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 10.022
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.344
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.120
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.525
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.563
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.689
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.224
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
34.233
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 9.763
And the system is very low on memory 1.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.518
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.192
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.573
And I free up some memory 1.003
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.279
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.586
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 9.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 1.944
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.306
When I disable the first tps feature 2.653
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.947
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.581
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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14.725
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 9.175
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 2.580
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.039
When I enable the first tps feature 2.571
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.139
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.327
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.058
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.602
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.018
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.736
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 8.838
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 9.919
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.657
When I write some files expected to persist 1.374
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.364
# 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" 17.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:53.237
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 9.112
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 10.126
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.736
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.087
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.101
And Tor is ready 12.131
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.443
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product
41.712
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 9.781
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.079
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 10.645
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 20.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.060
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 9.981
When I enable persistence 13.729
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.751
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.188
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.554
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.441
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.680
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.866
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
When I cold reboot the computer 4.234
And the computer reboots Tails 40.153
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.467
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.328
Given I enable persistence 11.377
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.496
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.341
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:22.079
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 9.571
# 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 20.465
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.625
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.005
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 33.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
39.756
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 9.903
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.380
Then persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.028
And all notifications have disappeared 9.800
When I delete the persistent partition 3.066
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.281
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 9.629
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.441
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.894
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
45.082
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 9.564
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.048
When I try to enable persistence 1.239
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 7.926
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.988
And all notifications have disappeared 9.410
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.473
And all tps features are enabled 2.288
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
5:50.396
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 5:12.034
And I enable persistence 24.225
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.361
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.678
And persistence is enabled 2.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.554
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 8.773
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.090
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.555
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 4.245
When I enable persistence 12.527
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.072
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.291
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 9.637
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 5.132
When I try to enable persistence 1.308
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.832
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.636
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.199
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.613
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 9.565
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.069
When I try to enable persistence 1.327
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.412
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 0.050
When I log in to a new session 11.517
And all notifications have disappeared 10.110
# 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" 0.239
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.635
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.269
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.017
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.641
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 9.395
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 4.733
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.381
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.339
When I log in to a new session 11.308
And all notifications have disappeared 9.218
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.989
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000