Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4210 04 Feb 2026, 14:25

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 20:48.816 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:33.049
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 1:18.869
And I update APT using apt 6.733
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.268
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.128
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 9.243
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.307
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:45.018
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 8.598
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.340
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.874
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.636
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.429
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.258
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
29.524
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 8.198
And the system is very low on memory 3.262
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.237
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.770
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.128
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.445
And I free up some memory 0.908
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.492
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.370
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 8.403
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.314
And all tps features are active 1.315
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.418
When I disable the first tps feature 3.149
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.319
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.359
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.606
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
13.266
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 enabled and logged in 7.928
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.050
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.450
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.260
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 7.557
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.046
And I disable the first tps feature 2.635
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.869
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.224
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 7.295
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.902
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.227
When I write some files expected to persist 1.184
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.413
# 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" 12.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:45.034
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 7.389
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 10.314
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.120
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.328
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.229
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.085
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.383
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.097
Tags: @product
38.543
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 9.079
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.088
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.892
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:54.866
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 9.254
When I enable persistence 15.424
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.348
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.886
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.359
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.282
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.575
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.347
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.284
And the computer reboots Tails 39.135
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.174
Given I enable persistence 7.954
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.321
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.829
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:11.007
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 8.281
# 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 28.342
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.074
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.871
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
38.084
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.961
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.368
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.886
And all notifications have disappeared 8.528
When I delete the persistent partition 2.809
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.621
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 7.944
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.056
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.421
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.829
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product
41.515
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 8.091
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.592
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.223
And all notifications have disappeared 8.347
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.414
And all tps features are enabled 1.523
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.540
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.688
And I enable persistence 19.377
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.172
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.709
And persistence is enabled 1.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.913
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 7.154
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.191
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.043
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 8.456
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.674
When I enable persistence 6.908
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.923
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 7.836
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.925
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.005
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.406
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.242
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.241
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 7.605
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.468
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.147
And all notifications have disappeared 8.716
# 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" 0.232
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.098
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.207
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.470
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.638
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 7.502
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.604
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.373
When I try to enable persistence 1.221
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.043
When I log in to a new session 11.495
And all notifications have disappeared 8.396
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.249
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000