Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4190 26 Jan 2026, 12:04

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 25:12.428 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.346
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 1:21.822
And I update APT using apt 7.271
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.735
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.496
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 22.606
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.483
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.264
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:11.272
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 9.151
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.504
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.178
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.328
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.460
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.280
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
39.359
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 7.984
And the system is very low on memory 11.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.077
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.995
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.122
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.359
And I free up some memory 0.784
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.269
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.864
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 8.725
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.373
And all tps features are active 1.202
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.856
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.491
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.907
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
13.691
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 7.684
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.076
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
When I disable the first tps feature 3.039
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 2.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.321
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.608
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I disable the first tps feature 2.579
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.924
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.211
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.845
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.140
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.210
When I write some files expected to persist 1.280
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.944
# 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" 12.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:22.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.861
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 39.694
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.506
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.651
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.077
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.429
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
58.285
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 8.961
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.238
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.104
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:11.031
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 9.556
When I enable persistence 26.864
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.592
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.037
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.309
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.386
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.530
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.249
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.222
When I cold reboot the computer 10.478
And the computer reboots Tails 40.170
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.173
Given I enable persistence 8.469
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.213
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.245
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
2:37.196
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 8.688
# 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 45.662
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.209
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.882
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
49.557
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 8.111
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.151
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.284
And all notifications have disappeared 8.780
When I delete the persistent partition 2.752
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.641
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 7.574
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.532
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.216
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
50.433
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 8.390
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.115
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.669
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.398
And all notifications have disappeared 8.557
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.321
And all tps features are enabled 1.465
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.673
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 38.648
And I enable persistence 25.937
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.689
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.631
And persistence is enabled 1.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.440
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 7.633
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.244
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.484
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 8.649
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 19.282
When I enable persistence 6.641
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.045
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.537
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 8.036
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 22.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.203
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.179
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.410
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.081
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.736
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.901
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.205
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.058
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 13.297
And all notifications have disappeared 9.164
# 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" 0.245
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.177
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.329
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.122
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 8.102
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.609
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.438
When I try to enable persistence 1.309
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.560
When I log in to a new session 12.809
And all notifications have disappeared 8.998
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.440
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000