Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4216 06 Feb 2026, 11:46

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 25:20.047 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:30.505
And I update APT using apt 7.537
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.380
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.250
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 9.632
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.859
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.390
And persistence is disabled 0.141
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.197
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 9.702
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.494
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.182
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 33.508
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.542
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.432
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.016
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.254
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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39.191
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 8.509
And the system is very low on memory 10.064
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.226
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.648
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.100
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.489
And I free up some memory 0.830
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.709
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:48.257
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 9.939
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.692
And all tps features are active 1.455
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.318
When I disable the first tps feature 3.098
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.561
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.408
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.182
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
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14.306
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 8.241
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.068
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
When I disable the first tps feature 3.178
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.077
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.065
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.047
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.554
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 7.585
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
And I disable the first tps feature 2.727
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.038
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.851
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 7.747
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.446
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.310
When I write some files expected to persist 1.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.884
# 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" 13.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:56.480
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 7.648
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.242
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.879
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.551
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.295
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.446
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.105
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
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1:0.413
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.320
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.192
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.611
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.728
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 22.161
When I enable persistence 21.433
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.412
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.164
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.396
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.296
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.563
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 29.222
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.186
When I cold reboot the computer 8.270
And the computer reboots Tails 43.542
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.279
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 8.777
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.092
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.286
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.288
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
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2:47.427
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 8.569
# 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 42.529
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.473
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:23.179
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
49.922
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 8.661
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.128
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.487
And all notifications have disappeared 9.517
When I delete the persistent partition 2.648
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:34.920
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 7.983
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.231
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
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48.773
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 8.294
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.116
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.975
And all notifications have disappeared 8.250
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.316
And all tps features are enabled 1.254
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
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 39.250
And I enable persistence 25.430
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.060
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.591
And persistence is enabled 1.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.934
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 7.732
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.535
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.760
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 8.860
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 15.189
When I enable persistence 6.731
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.090
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.873
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 8.523
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.922
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.259
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.407
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.189
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.087
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 8.000
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.544
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.076
When I log in to a new session 12.621
And all notifications have disappeared 10.878
# 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" 0.306
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.616
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.247
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.508
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.496
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 7.780
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.170
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.305
When I try to enable persistence 1.157
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.905
When I log in to a new session 12.698
And all notifications have disappeared 9.129
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.510
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000