Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4202 31 Jan 2026, 11:48

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 21:3.464 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:1.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:48.313
And I update APT using apt 6.527
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.232
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.778
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 9.215
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.560
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.328
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.386
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 8.805
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.504
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 19.967
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.560
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.802
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.428
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.187
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
30.556
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.224
And the system is very low on memory 3.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.073
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.154
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.417
And I free up some memory 0.888
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.911
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.671
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 8.457
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.302
And all tps features are active 1.222
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.972
When I disable the first tps feature 2.572
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.857
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.543
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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13.256
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 7.820
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.096
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.576
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.424
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.049
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.499
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 7.218
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I disable the first tps feature 3.144
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.929
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.647
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 7.379
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.445
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.240
When I write some files expected to persist 1.231
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.582
# 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" 12.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:40.033
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 7.462
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 8.602
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.992
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.338
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.905
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.328
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
40.751
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.393
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.068
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.937
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.990
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 8.766
When I enable persistence 13.857
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.463
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.513
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.388
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.589
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.434
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.156
When I cold reboot the computer 10.502
And the computer reboots Tails 36.541
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.292
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
Given I enable persistence 7.282
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.070
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.206
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.280
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:8.018
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 8.483
# 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 28.964
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.249
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.847
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
37.314
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.388
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.663
Then persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.362
And all notifications have disappeared 8.525
When I delete the persistent partition 2.847
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.105
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 7.701
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.557
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.543
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
42.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.451
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.169
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.048
And all notifications have disappeared 8.421
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.308
And all tps features are enabled 1.403
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.941
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.618
And I enable persistence 20.628
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.380
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.579
And persistence is enabled 1.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.147
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.063
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.530
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.340
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 7.885
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.203
When I enable persistence 7.229
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.755
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 7.754
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.642
When I try to enable persistence 1.242
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.349
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.163
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.486
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.067
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.138
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.409
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 7.393
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.524
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I log in to a new session 10.945
And all notifications have disappeared 9.111
# 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" 0.204
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.482
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.209
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.176
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.774
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 7.868
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.774
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.357
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.071
When I log in to a new session 10.971
And all notifications have disappeared 8.333
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.438
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000