Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4211 04 Feb 2026, 17:25

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 21:8.758 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:29.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.159
And I update APT using apt 5.366
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.298
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.167
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 8.721
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.667
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.505
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 8.874
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.133
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.241
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.712
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.756
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.214
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.197
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.645
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.364
And the system is very low on memory 3.555
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.141
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.774
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.106
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.431
And I free up some memory 0.866
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.337
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.210
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 8.765
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And all tps features are active 1.141
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.867
When I disable the first tps feature 2.465
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.212
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.763
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.284
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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13.357
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 7.384
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.097
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 2.592
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.950
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.926
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 7.331
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.655
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.779
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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39.551
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 7.360
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 9.329
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.156
When I write some files expected to persist 1.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.442
# 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" 12.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:10.839
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 7.325
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 39.527
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.133
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.579
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.921
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.725
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.386
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.082
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074
Tags: @product
39.991
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 8.551
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.120
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.589
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:49.035
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 8.715
When I enable persistence 14.088
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.583
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.806
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.287
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" 4.555
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.083
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
When I cold reboot the computer 9.029
And the computer reboots Tails 36.764
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.337
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.316
Given I enable persistence 7.475
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.089
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.330
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.956
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
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2:12.734
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 8.493
# 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 28.432
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.707
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.143
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.580
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 8.141
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.466
Then persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.416
And all notifications have disappeared 8.374
When I delete the persistent partition 2.708
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.649
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 8.171
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.045
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.672
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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42.703
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 8.306
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.509
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.139
And all notifications have disappeared 8.086
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.261
And all tps features are enabled 1.059
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.352
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 31.960
And I enable persistence 20.799
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.223
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.593
And persistence is enabled 1.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.856
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 7.250
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.981
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.602
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 8.010
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.999
When I enable persistence 6.728
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.248
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 8.326
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.626
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.484
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.229
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.970
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.144
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.590
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 7.895
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.055
When I try to enable persistence 1.173
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.996
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 0.046
When I log in to a new session 11.500
And all notifications have disappeared 9.525
# 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" 0.245
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.537
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.215
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.363
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.386
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 with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.843
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.604
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.334
When I log in to a new session 12.188
And all notifications have disappeared 8.814
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.332
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000