Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4206 03 Feb 2026, 12:51

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 35:52.971 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:20.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.771
And I update APT using apt 7.835
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 9.370
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.963
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.304
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.102
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
And persistence is disabled 0.290
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:31.868
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 15.344
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.373
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.126
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 25.834
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 1.181
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:38.550
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.565
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
45.280
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 12.614
And the system is very low on memory 4.792
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.431
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.152
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.330
When I close the Persistent Storage app 4.415
And I free up some memory 1.606
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 14.324
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:24.375
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 14.385
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And all tps features are active 2.191
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.491
When I disable the first tps feature 3.225
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.833
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.832
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:43.331
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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20.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.068
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.210
When I disable the first tps feature 3.168
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.072
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 3.144
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.427
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 10.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.078
And I disable the first tps feature 3.166
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.528
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.939
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 10.487
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 45.603
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.573
When I write some files expected to persist 1.997
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.367
# 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" 19.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:22.777
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 17.831
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 11.881
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.165
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.563
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:26.619
And I capture all network traffic 0.154
And the network is plugged 0.099
And Tor is ready 13.660
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.405
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.078
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.072
Tags: @product
58.322
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 14.671
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.111
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.681
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:50.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.883
When I enable persistence 30.897
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.527
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 42.036
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.573
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.447
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.916
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 30.508
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 10.759
And the computer reboots Tails 49.873
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.535
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.459
Given I enable persistence 15.961
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.100
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.437
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.075
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
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3:0.311
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14.129
# 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 34.438
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.625
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:32.531
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 29.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
54.832
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 13.454
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.804
Then persistence is disabled 0.119
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.129
And all notifications have disappeared 10.955
When I delete the persistent partition 3.926
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:52.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 12.028
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:28.376
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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1:1.138
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 11.654
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.636
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.712
And all notifications have disappeared 9.695
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.407
And all tps features are enabled 2.595
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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7:4.166
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 with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 6:12.697
And I enable persistence 34.623
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.663
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.706
And persistence is enabled 2.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.524
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.043
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.851
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.204
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 12.502
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.676
When I enable persistence 12.911
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
And persistence is successfully enabled 3.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.719
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 12.535
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.419
When I try to enable persistence 1.350
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.755
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.307
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.724
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.324
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:2.520
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 12.249
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.894
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.282
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I log in to a new session 14.578
And all notifications have disappeared 11.686
# 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" 0.258
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.600
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.386
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.081
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 2.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.597
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 11.943
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.593
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.378
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.442
When I log in to a new session 14.708
And all notifications have disappeared 10.690
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.287
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000