Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4240 18 Feb 2026, 12:41

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 31:47.814 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.381
And I update APT using apt 7.661
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.379
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
41.114
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 14.204
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.618
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.364
And persistence is disabled 0.115
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:16.047
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 15.771
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.421
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.326
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.835
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.902
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.974
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.607
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
42.853
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 12.297
And the system is very low on memory 4.726
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.415
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.141
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.327
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.738
And I free up some memory 2.263
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.346
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.122
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 enabled and logged in 15.646
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.343
And all tps features are active 2.204
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.640
When I disable the first tps feature 3.600
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.680
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:22.145
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
16.992
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 enabled and logged in 11.118
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.091
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.869
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.047
When I enable the first tps feature 2.530
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.065
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.029
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.332
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.100
And I disable the first tps feature 2.858
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.120
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.311
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 enabled and logged in 10.558
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 13.708
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.596
When I write some files expected to persist 1.462
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.961
# 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" 17.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.089
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 enabled and logged in 11.046
And the network is plugged 1.584
And Tor is ready 10.503
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.160
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.133
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.367
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.376
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.534
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.100
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
53.095
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.765
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.123
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.826
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:27.269
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 13.860
When I enable persistence 23.364
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.214
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.381
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.611
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.433
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.737
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.758
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 10.619
And the computer reboots Tails 44.133
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.468
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.336
Given I enable persistence 12.809
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.105
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.420
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.690
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
2:33.778
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 12.958
# 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 30.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.145
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:16.304
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
50.070
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 11.093
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.120
Then persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.235
And all notifications have disappeared 11.005
When I delete the persistent partition 3.077
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.704
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 enabled and logged in 11.198
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.236
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.887
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
56.347
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 10.927
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.105
When I try to enable persistence 1.268
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.332
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.913
And all notifications have disappeared 9.747
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.935
And all tps features are enabled 2.853
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:18.002
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 5:34.707
And I enable persistence 28.841
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.499
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.688
And persistence is enabled 2.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.951
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 9.408
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 21.921
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.311
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 11.907
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.049
When I enable persistence 11.907
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
33.457
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 10.639
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.445
When I try to enable persistence 1.375
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.641
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.362
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 1.440
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.089
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.297
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.128
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 9.847
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.091
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.873
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.286
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I log in to a new session 12.982
And all notifications have disappeared 11.002
# 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" 0.280
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.710
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.293
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.141
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.180
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 9.773
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 11.671
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.390
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.012
When I log in to a new session 13.072
And all notifications have disappeared 10.028
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.579
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000