Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4203 01 Feb 2026, 12:08

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 25:28.049 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.405
And I update APT using apt 7.599
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.263
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
53.016
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 9.449
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.083
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.363
And persistence is disabled 0.229
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 25.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:15.333
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 8.984
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.459
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 40.945
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.453
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.852
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.310
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.158
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
38.032
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 8.026
And the system is very low on memory 10.475
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.517
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.094
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.092
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.351
And I free up some memory 0.787
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.632
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.905
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 8.903
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.428
And all tps features are active 1.293
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.119
When I disable the first tps feature 2.891
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.402
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.240
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
14.187
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 7.999
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.055
When I disable the first tps feature 2.574
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.289
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.046
When I enable the first tps feature 3.018
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.052
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.016
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 7.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 2.510
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.888
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
44.786
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 7.614
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.611
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.161
When I write some files expected to persist 1.319
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.773
# 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" 13.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.825
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 7.711
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.627
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.315
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:24.782
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.685
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.362
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.076
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.111
Tags: @product
58.603
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.557
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.189
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.227
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:19.312
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 9.323
When I enable persistence 35.384
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.214
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.091
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.356
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.545
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 28.186
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.145
When I cold reboot the computer 10.361
And the computer reboots Tails 40.892
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.227
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.214
Given I enable persistence 7.654
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.085
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.875
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.080
Tags: @product
2:30.061
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 8.230
# 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 39.308
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.973
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.741
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
50.153
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 8.603
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.201
Then persistence is disabled 0.128
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.327
And all notifications have disappeared 8.939
When I delete the persistent partition 2.630
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.478
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 7.732
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.446
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
49.921
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 8.001
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.109
When I try to enable persistence 1.307
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.884
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.723
And all notifications have disappeared 7.845
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 1.308
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:22.781
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 40.739
And I enable persistence 27.861
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.771
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.574
And persistence is enabled 1.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.951
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 7.126
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.310
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.067
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 8.626
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 29.698
When I enable persistence 5.890
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.721
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 8.016
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.221
When I try to enable persistence 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.603
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.276
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.175
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.502
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.736
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.144
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.617
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.290
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.810
And all notifications have disappeared 9.654
# 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" 0.133
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.565
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.484
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.235
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 7.459
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.796
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.398
When I try to enable persistence 1.297
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.918
When I log in to a new session 10.667
And all notifications have disappeared 9.324
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.562
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000