Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4250 24 Feb 2026, 12:45

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 35:57.547 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:44.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:29.250
And I update APT using apt 7.871
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.423
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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41.417
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 14.047
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.375
And persistence is disabled 0.113
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.910
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 14.964
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.382
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.431
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.626
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.621
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.623
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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40.561
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 11.116
And the system is very low on memory 4.813
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.450
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.340
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.180
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.577
And I free up some memory 1.107
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 13.329
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.375
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 12.797
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.444
And all tps features are active 2.709
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.661
When I disable the first tps feature 3.241
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.855
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:27.839
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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17.745
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 10.732
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.101
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.094
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.109
When I disable the first tps feature 3.230
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.088
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.049
When I enable the first tps feature 3.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
17.517
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 enabled and logged in 10.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.099
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.086
And I disable the first tps feature 3.305
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.336
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:20.296
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 enabled and logged in 9.730
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 26.414
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.813
When I write some files expected to persist 1.444
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.608
# 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" 19.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:49.290
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 10.956
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 21.230
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.153
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.881
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:28.396
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 25.360
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.580
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.145
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053
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55.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.623
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.137
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 16.244
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 24.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:46.033
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 14.216
When I enable persistence 25.359
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.157
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 41.428
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.661
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.494
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 5.041
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 35.167
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.180
When I cold reboot the computer 12.806
And the computer reboots Tails 46.865
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.561
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.390
Given I enable persistence 13.435
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.107
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.363
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.627
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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3:0.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13.757
# 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 32.855
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.133
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:39.745
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
57.852
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 16.552
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.380
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.055
And all notifications have disappeared 11.127
When I delete the persistent partition 3.098
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.095
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 16.015
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.087
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:37.443
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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1:2.241
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 13.354
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.084
When I try to enable persistence 1.324
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.319
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.983
And all notifications have disappeared 10.344
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.374
And all tps features are enabled 2.346
And all tps features but the first one are active 2.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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6:56.055
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 6:3.312
And I enable persistence 35.149
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 14.709
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.662
And persistence is enabled 2.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.226
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.587
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.946
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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43.930
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 14.469
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 11.919
When I enable persistence 14.624
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.064
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.031
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 14.499
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.874
When I try to enable persistence 1.382
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.204
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.346
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.890
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.074
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.321
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:6.261
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 12.504
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.077
When I try to enable persistence 1.339
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 17.033
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.333
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.054
When I log in to a new session 14.626
And all notifications have disappeared 12.102
# 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" 0.356
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.621
When I close the "whisperback" window 2.169
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.662
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:1.376
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 11.041
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.533
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.346
When I try to enable persistence 1.328
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.926
When I log in to a new session 13.925
And all notifications have disappeared 12.539
Then the Tor Browser starts 3.427
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000