Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4208 04 Feb 2026, 08:15

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 24:37.289 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.694
And I update APT using apt 10.744
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.936
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.831
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 9.019
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.452
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.239
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.659
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 8.922
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.386
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 35.314
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.427
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.826
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.396
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.225
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
36.738
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 8.319
And the system is very low on memory 10.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.180
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.455
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.134
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.884
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.251
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.793
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 enabled and logged in 8.652
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.377
And all tps features are active 1.694
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.864
When I disable the first tps feature 2.605
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.100
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.476
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.752
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
13.585
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 7.758
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.944
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.100
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.421
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.713
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 8.046
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.711
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.777
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.228
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 7.564
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 10.640
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.219
When I write some files expected to persist 1.081
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.161
# 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" 12.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.640
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 7.820
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.981
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.243
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.716
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.143
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.387
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.086
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product
56.987
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.646
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.099
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.337
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.814
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 9.337
When I enable persistence 36.289
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.816
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.834
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.358
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.314
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.511
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.292
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 7.976
And the computer reboots Tails 39.000
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.252
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.181
Given I enable persistence 6.935
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.065
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.098
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:31.810
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 8.601
# 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 33.482
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.570
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:14.343
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
53.633
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 8.167
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.819
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.531
And all notifications have disappeared 9.049
When I delete the persistent partition 2.625
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.821
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 8.420
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.057
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.870
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product
50.434
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 8.098
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.085
When I try to enable persistence 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.140
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.816
And all notifications have disappeared 8.436
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.236
And all tps features are enabled 1.357
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.304
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 41.873
And I enable persistence 30.474
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.594
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.604
And persistence is enabled 1.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.381
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 7.676
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.074
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.134
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 8.311
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.643
When I enable persistence 7.023
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.070
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.487
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 8.223
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.286
When I try to enable persistence 1.217
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.683
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.554
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.210
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.627
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 7.922
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.138
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.863
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 12.146
And all notifications have disappeared 9.570
# 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" 0.235
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.565
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.229
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.458
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.364
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 7.697
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.413
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.374
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.804
When I log in to a new session 11.910
And all notifications have disappeared 8.716
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.007
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000