Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4200 30 Jan 2026, 16:03

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 25:45.505 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.791
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 1:24.998
And I update APT using apt 9.041
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.573
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.078
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.116
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.384
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.347
And persistence is disabled 0.146
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.623
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 9.756
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.942
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 37.113
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.426
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.699
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.268
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
39.931
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 8.093
And the system is very low on memory 11.361
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.597
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.169
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.437
And I free up some memory 0.890
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.698
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:44.603
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 9.249
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.668
And all tps features are active 1.630
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.344
When I disable the first tps feature 3.159
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.194
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.956
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.050
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
14.811
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 8.528
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.097
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 3.255
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.045
When I enable the first tps feature 2.594
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.075
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 7.723
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I disable the first tps feature 3.198
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.949
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.465
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 21.575
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 14.317
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.257
When I write some files expected to persist 1.497
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.061
# 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" 12.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:1.598
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 7.891
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.522
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.504
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.125
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.770
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.439
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.072
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076
Tags: @product
53.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.501
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.382
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.536
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.547
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 8.749
When I enable persistence 29.801
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.586
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.165
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.356
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.305
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.748
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.510
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.214
When I cold reboot the computer 8.016
And the computer reboots Tails 39.921
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.323
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.259
Given I enable persistence 8.510
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.258
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.526
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
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2:36.925
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 8.567
# 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 40.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.348
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:10.095
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.354
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.311
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.425
And all notifications have disappeared 9.225
When I delete the persistent partition 3.222
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.560
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 8.501
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.591
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.129
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
49.643
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 8.356
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.541
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.614
And all notifications have disappeared 8.380
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.277
And all tps features are enabled 1.187
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:27.684
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 45.700
And I enable persistence 28.028
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.481
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.554
And persistence is enabled 1.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.994
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 7.485
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.872
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.197
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 7.916
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 27.605
When I enable persistence 6.889
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.811
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.693
When I try to enable persistence 1.300
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.338
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.369
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.181
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.365
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 7.477
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.145
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.366
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.210
And all notifications have disappeared 8.327
# 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" 0.294
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.592
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.180
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.263
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.344
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 7.765
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.609
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.350
When I try to enable persistence 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.549
When I log in to a new session 11.335
And all notifications have disappeared 8.327
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000