Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4215 06 Feb 2026, 08:13

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 24:27.337 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.121
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 1:23.974
And I update APT using apt 6.059
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.215
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.509
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 8.874
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.607
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.170
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.764
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" 0.381
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.118
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 42.896
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.478
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.167
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product
36.216
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 7.646
And the system is very low on memory 10.474
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.746
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.570
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.366
And I free up some memory 0.913
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.325
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.308
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 8.504
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
And all tps features are active 1.312
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.010
When I disable the first tps feature 3.182
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.188
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.540
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.159
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
13.261
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 7.633
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.735
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.043
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.437
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.020
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 7.328
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
And I disable the first tps feature 2.594
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.874
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.957
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 7.303
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 9.112
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.213
When I write some files expected to persist 1.240
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.572
# 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" 12.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.120
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 7.329
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 9.938
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.058
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.875
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.184
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.353
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.081
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
Tags: @product
55.086
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 9.146
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.107
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.257
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.074
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 9.505
When I enable persistence 23.851
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.551
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.732
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.343
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.294
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.562
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.932
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.220
When I cold reboot the computer 11.069
And the computer reboots Tails 40.941
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.336
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.207
Given I enable persistence 6.948
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.254
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.057
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:31.222
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 8.269
# 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 42.179
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.462
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.355
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
51.676
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 8.305
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.900
Then persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.105
And all notifications have disappeared 9.097
When I delete the persistent partition 2.751
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.796
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 7.702
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.674
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.132
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
48.686
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.901
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.404
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.570
And all notifications have disappeared 8.236
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.244
And all tps features are enabled 1.022
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.488
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 44.788
And I enable persistence 29.325
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.410
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.819
And persistence is enabled 2.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.870
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 7.411
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.811
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.421
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 7.782
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.872
When I enable persistence 6.670
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.852
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.846
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.562
When I try to enable persistence 1.266
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.309
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.206
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.422
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.185
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.574
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 8.143
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.547
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.103
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.270
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 14.256
And all notifications have disappeared 9.957
# 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" 0.171
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.493
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.322
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.308
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 7.777
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.414
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.350
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.161
When I log in to a new session 10.615
And all notifications have disappeared 8.585
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.408
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000