Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4218 08 Feb 2026, 11:43

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 19:40.912 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:28.795
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 1:16.081
And I update APT using apt 5.516
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.253
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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27.438
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 8.415
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.079
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.250
And persistence is disabled 0.092
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.171
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 8.413
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.350
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.941
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.428
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.383
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 58.297
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
27.451
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 7.428
And the system is very low on memory 2.950
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.312
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.429
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.434
And I free up some memory 0.910
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.818
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.945
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 8.305
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.424
And all tps features are active 1.157
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.786
When I disable the first tps feature 2.498
Then all tps features but the first one are active 0.963
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.035
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074
Tags: @product
12.971
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 7.598
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.125
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.086
When I disable the first tps feature 2.444
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.438
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.046
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.713
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.109
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.098
And I disable the first tps feature 2.555
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.841
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.320
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 7.141
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 9.808
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.199
When I write some files expected to persist 1.142
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.299
# 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" 11.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.088
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 7.088
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 10.597
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.112
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.190
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.920
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.668
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.322
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.071
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
38.729
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 8.294
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 11.924
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:41.977
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 8.209
When I enable persistence 12.252
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.302
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.347
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.327
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.248
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.532
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.715
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.148
When I cold reboot the computer 10.079
And the computer reboots Tails 34.817
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 6.820
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.094
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.288
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.145
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:7.983
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 7.965
# 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 27.521
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.215
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.847
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.330
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 7.767
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 11.340
Then persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.839
And all notifications have disappeared 8.095
When I delete the persistent partition 2.722
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.580
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 7.847
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.101
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.321
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.065
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.970
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 7.537
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.116
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.836
And all notifications have disappeared 8.021
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.226
And all tps features are enabled 0.911
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.862
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 29.532
And I enable persistence 19.066
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.204
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.523
And persistence is enabled 1.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.544
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 7.050
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 13.835
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.932
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 8.231
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.246
When I enable persistence 6.690
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.642
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 7.724
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.740
When I try to enable persistence 1.278
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.235
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.179
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.542
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 7.357
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.141
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.658
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.161
And all notifications have disappeared 8.188
# 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" 0.201
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.085
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.319
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.916
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 7.396
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.405
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.158
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.805
When I log in to a new session 9.774
And all notifications have disappeared 8.888
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.264
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000