Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4201 31 Jan 2026, 09:04

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 31:19.874 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:10.492
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 1:55.463
And I update APT using apt 7.545
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.396
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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38.707
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 13.095
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.265
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.313
And persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.923
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 14.106
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 26.605
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.575
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.806
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.067
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.207
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
37.160
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 11.683
And the system is very low on memory 4.227
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.244
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.471
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.517
And I free up some memory 0.957
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 11.454
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:58.433
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 12.520
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And all tps features are active 2.129
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.150
When I disable the first tps feature 2.639
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.031
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:23.519
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
16.853
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 10.561
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.216
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I disable the first tps feature 3.095
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.506
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.112
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
15.970
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 9.484
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.149
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
And I disable the first tps feature 3.142
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.033
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.151
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 9.523
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 14.316
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.711
When I write some files expected to persist 1.271
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.833
# 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" 17.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.644
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 enabled and logged in 9.845
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 10.754
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.233
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.252
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.265
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 13.479
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.399
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
49.553
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 12.956
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.778
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 21.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.006
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 12.763
When I enable persistence 22.334
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.911
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.202
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.456
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.402
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.677
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.188
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 7.591
And the computer reboots Tails 47.976
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.452
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.356
Given I enable persistence 10.268
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.095
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.419
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.606
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:24.630
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 11.965
# 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 26.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.667
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:19.955
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
47.256
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 11.471
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.169
Then persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.273
And all notifications have disappeared 9.964
When I delete the persistent partition 2.845
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.925
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 11.417
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.703
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.479
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
55.386
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 11.544
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.227
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.750
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.598
And all notifications have disappeared 9.718
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.373
And all tps features are enabled 2.163
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:8.139
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 5:23.820
And I enable persistence 29.756
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.670
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.639
And persistence is enabled 2.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.225
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.330
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.241
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.005
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 13.450
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 12.490
When I enable persistence 12.668
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.606
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 17.102
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.744
When I try to enable persistence 1.330
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.093
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.359
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 12.018
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.541
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.265
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.111
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 11.217
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.240
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.148
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I log in to a new session 12.693
And all notifications have disappeared 10.914
# 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" 0.339
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.532
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.320
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.056
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.689
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 12.115
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.532
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.402
When I try to enable persistence 1.335
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.834
When I log in to a new session 11.997
And all notifications have disappeared 10.805
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.489
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000