Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4213 05 Feb 2026, 15:15

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 26:18.318 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.843
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 1:22.031
And I update APT using apt 5.761
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.216
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:14.896
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 8.849
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.797
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.321
And persistence is disabled 0.107
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 48.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:45.713
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 9.965
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.428
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 59.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.451
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.433
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.050
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.220
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 8.758
And the system is very low on memory 12.380
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.464
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.504
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.088
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.335
And I free up some memory 0.833
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.801
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.166
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 8.888
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.585
And all tps features are active 1.184
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.745
When I disable the first tps feature 2.656
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.089
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.267
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.727
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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13.052
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 enabled and logged in 7.603
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.064
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.055
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.448
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.050
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.780
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 7.200
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.047
And I disable the first tps feature 2.556
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.836
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.260
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 7.370
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 9.730
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.163
When I write some files expected to persist 1.180
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.784
# 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" 11.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:50.782
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 7.517
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 10.452
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.122
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.960
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.827
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.347
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.056
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
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1:16.495
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 8.418
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.074
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.848
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 46.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:14.631
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 8.605
When I enable persistence 33.193
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.217
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.714
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.403
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.257
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.496
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.547
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 9.005
And the computer reboots Tails 43.329
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.242
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.224
Given I enable persistence 6.871
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.068
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.245
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.906
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
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2:29.638
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 enabled and logged in 8.073
# 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 41.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.445
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.804
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
50.778
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 8.053
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.617
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 17.255
And all notifications have disappeared 8.746
When I delete the persistent partition 2.681
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.455
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 7.378
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.137
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product
50.662
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 7.980
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.257
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 19.663
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.255
And all notifications have disappeared 8.135
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.242
And all tps features are enabled 1.025
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.544
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 41.245
And I enable persistence 30.386
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.875
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.557
And persistence is enabled 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.539
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 7.127
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.857
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.993
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 8.406
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 20.818
When I enable persistence 7.049
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.160
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.814
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 7.666
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 27.924
When I try to enable persistence 1.267
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.278
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.138
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.317
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.069
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.182
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.939
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 7.666
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 1.182
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 21.100
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 10.889
And all notifications have disappeared 10.019
# 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" 0.166
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.408
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.206
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:4.109
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 7.800
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 29.745
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.605
When I log in to a new session 10.938
And all notifications have disappeared 8.386
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.216
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000