Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4220 09 Feb 2026, 18:33

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 20:42.983 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.714
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 1:19.100
And I update APT using apt 6.504
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.294
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.162
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 8.588
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.925
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.243
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.899
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 8.878
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.301
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.670
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.495
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.964
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.229
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product
30.262
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 8.117
And the system is very low on memory 2.994
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.255
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.731
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.136
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.572
And I free up some memory 0.911
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.124
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.505
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 8.425
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.451
And all tps features are active 1.377
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.071
When I disable the first tps feature 2.659
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.068
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.945
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.238
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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13.628
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 7.661
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.068
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.063
When I disable the first tps feature 2.991
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.191
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.410
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.947
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 7.374
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.507
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.885
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.897
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 7.697
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.758
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.194
When I write some files expected to persist 1.291
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.605
# 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" 12.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:44.047
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 7.929
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.579
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.614
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.381
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.727
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.163
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.056
Tags: @product
39.981
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 8.519
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.058
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.398
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 18.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:52.869
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 9.036
When I enable persistence 14.957
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.470
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.524
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.430
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.255
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.506
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.315
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.132
When I cold reboot the computer 10.461
And the computer reboots Tails 37.526
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.482
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.247
Given I enable persistence 8.000
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.228
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.041
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product
2:9.253
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 8.730
# 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 28.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.306
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.074
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product
38.775
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 7.814
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.810
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.408
And all notifications have disappeared 8.431
When I delete the persistent partition 2.839
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.481
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 7.542
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.064
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.505
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.137
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.060
Tags: @product
40.180
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 7.907
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.689
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.085
And all notifications have disappeared 8.054
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.245
And all tps features are enabled 0.988
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.380
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 30.666
And I enable persistence 20.229
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.329
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And persistence is enabled 1.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.276
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 7.611
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.067
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.868
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 7.892
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.003
When I enable persistence 6.993
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.048
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.344
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 7.577
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.030
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.711
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.403
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.166
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.041
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 7.591
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.079
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.024
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.160
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 10.918
And all notifications have disappeared 8.840
# 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" 0.155
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.641
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.287
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.465
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.826
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.403
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.965
When I log in to a new session 11.111
And all notifications have disappeared 8.490
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.239
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 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000