Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4217 07 Feb 2026, 11:52

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 21:2.249 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.214
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 1:18.896
And I update APT using apt 6.109
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.302
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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28.775
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 8.607
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.987
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.260
And persistence is disabled 0.093
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.578
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 9.253
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.306
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 20.305
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.499
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.201
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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28.654
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 8.076
And the system is very low on memory 2.984
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.192
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.874
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.161
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.451
And I free up some memory 0.805
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.043
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.884
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 8.664
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.381
And all tps features are active 1.284
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.371
When I disable the first tps feature 2.653
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.183
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.594
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.499
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.332
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 7.844
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.059
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.078
When I disable the first tps feature 2.545
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.051
When I enable the first tps feature 2.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.151
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 7.507
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 2.528
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.917
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
38.504
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 7.391
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 10.005
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.192
When I write some files expected to persist 1.366
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.140
# 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" 12.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.776
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 7.474
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 9.750
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.126
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.483
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.205
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.084
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.424
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.088
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.108
Tags: @product
40.681
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 8.933
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.096
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.237
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:53.901
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 9.044
When I enable persistence 14.373
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.410
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.908
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.341
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.277
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.580
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.047
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.131
When I cold reboot the computer 10.281
And the computer reboots Tails 37.872
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.318
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 7.975
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.084
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.338
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.530
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
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2:11.971
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 8.537
# 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 30.185
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.732
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.676
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
39.268
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 8.113
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.836
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.975
And all notifications have disappeared 8.932
When I delete the persistent partition 2.870
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.211
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 7.500
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.986
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.413
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
41.967
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 8.375
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.233
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.592
And all notifications have disappeared 7.952
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.243
And all tps features are enabled 1.112
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:5.327
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 32.047
And I enable persistence 20.903
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.001
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.563
And persistence is enabled 1.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.889
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 7.331
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.806
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.487
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 8.586
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.393
When I enable persistence 6.572
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.066
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.821
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 8.694
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.498
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.133
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.551
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.254
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.671
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 7.987
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 10.057
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.228
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 10.868
And all notifications have disappeared 10.039
# 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" 0.318
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.572
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.195
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.280
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.176
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 7.970
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.685
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.362
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.351
When I log in to a new session 11.505
And all notifications have disappeared 8.850
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.365
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000