Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4230 13 Feb 2026, 11:49

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 20:48.352 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.570
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.419
And I update APT using apt 6.030
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.226
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.456
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 8.913
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.281
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:39.496
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 8.936
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.325
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.103
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.857
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.436
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.739
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.863
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
29.181
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 7.821
And the system is very low on memory 3.026
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.316
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.060
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 2.413
And I free up some memory 0.893
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.505
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.125
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 8.991
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.268
And all tps features are active 1.150
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.996
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.053
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.931
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.975
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
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13.361
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 7.534
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I disable the first tps feature 2.452
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.038
When I enable the first tps feature 2.985
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.924
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 7.434
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.067
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I disable the first tps feature 2.458
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.852
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.849
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 7.355
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.359
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.164
When I write some files expected to persist 1.328
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.454
# 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" 12.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:42.530
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 7.786
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 9.987
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.118
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.760
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.341
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.733
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.490
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.122
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
Tags: @product
41.738
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.003
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.080
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.576
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 19.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:52.882
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 9.075
When I enable persistence 14.464
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.612
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.815
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.486
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.385
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.520
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.224
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
When I cold reboot the computer 10.322
And the computer reboots Tails 36.626
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.299
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.227
Given I enable persistence 8.690
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.098
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.382
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.375
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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2:13.524
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 8.770
# 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 29.204
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.704
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:2.307
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.690
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 8.066
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 12.612
Then persistence is disabled 0.102
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.344
And all notifications have disappeared 8.392
When I delete the persistent partition 2.791
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:21.856
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 7.566
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.051
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.628
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.382
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
41.234
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 7.879
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.925
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.406
And all notifications have disappeared 8.231
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.340
And all tps features are enabled 1.053
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:5.385
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 31.262
And I enable persistence 21.293
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.476
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.646
And persistence is enabled 1.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.554
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.367
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.619
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.694
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 8.053
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.111
When I enable persistence 6.727
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.792
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.213
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.352
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.370
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.055
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.168
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.749
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 7.777
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.057
When I try to enable persistence 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.657
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 11.177
And all notifications have disappeared 10.457
# 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" 0.147
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.520
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.762
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 7.727
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.054
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.368
When I try to enable persistence 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.415
When I log in to a new session 10.519
And all notifications have disappeared 9.217
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.464
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000