Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4225 10 Feb 2026, 16:25

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 24:31.962 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.307
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 1:22.850
And I update APT using apt 6.345
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
49.399
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 9.088
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.236
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.304
And persistence is disabled 0.118
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 24.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.332
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.465
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.740
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.184
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 37.789
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.513
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.758
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.665
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.166
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
37.042
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 7.874
And the system is very low on memory 10.813
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.789
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.841
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.375
And I free up some memory 0.804
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.396
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:46.516
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 8.502
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.416
And all tps features are active 1.168
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.246
When I disable the first tps feature 2.731
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.615
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.237
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
13.936
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 7.882
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.103
When I disable the first tps feature 3.059
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.052
When I enable the first tps feature 2.453
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.090
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.811
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 enabled and logged in 7.676
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.107
And I disable the first tps feature 3.054
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.842
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.532
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 10.222
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.364
When I write some files expected to persist 1.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.247
# 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" 12.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.027
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 7.535
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 10.269
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.161
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.775
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.669
And I capture all network traffic 0.020
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.888
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.426
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
1:8.182
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 22.037
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.100
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.643
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 30.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:11.380
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 9.512
When I enable persistence 29.869
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.735
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.177
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.445
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.303
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.590
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.586
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.142
When I cold reboot the computer 10.582
And the computer reboots Tails 37.886
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.278
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.218
Given I enable persistence 6.876
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.704
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:31.195
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 8.670
# 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 38.525
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.253
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.101
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product
53.693
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 8.899
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.312
Then persistence is disabled 0.170
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.309
And all notifications have disappeared 8.813
When I delete the persistent partition 2.845
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:25.139
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 7.622
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.063
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.366
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.837
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product
48.155
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 create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.049
When I try to enable persistence 1.167
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.729
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.264
And all notifications have disappeared 8.384
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.305
And all tps features are enabled 1.279
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:13.511
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 35.376
And I enable persistence 25.254
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.557
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.662
And persistence is enabled 1.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.607
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 7.513
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.412
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.961
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.355
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 13.005
When I enable persistence 6.799
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.189
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 7.788
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.566
When I try to enable persistence 1.236
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.613
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.327
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.077
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.204
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.873
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 7.896
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.074
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.134
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 12.466
And all notifications have disappeared 9.455
# 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" 0.186
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.624
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.277
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.396
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.839
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.721
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.849
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.223
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.226
When I log in to a new session 12.001
And all notifications have disappeared 8.759
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.814
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000