Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4257 27 Feb 2026, 09:06

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 33:2.252 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:15.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:0.971
And I update APT using apt 7.231
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.325
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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40.209
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 14.074
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.847
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.316
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.246
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 13.934
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.402
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.124
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 23.001
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.547
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.765
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.765
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.613
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
38.402
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 10.925
And the system is very low on memory 4.450
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.224
When I try to create a persistent partition 6.022
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.152
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.597
And I free up some memory 1.020
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 12.354
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:59.250
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 12.819
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.504
And all tps features are active 2.238
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.596
When I disable the first tps feature 3.270
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.725
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.811
Then all tps features but the first one are active 2.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
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17.074
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 10.719
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.130
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.084
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.089
When I disable the first tps feature 3.200
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.094
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.067
When I enable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
16.407
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 9.630
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.080
And I disable the first tps feature 3.176
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.369
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:14.305
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 enabled and logged in 9.865
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 23.027
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.978
When I write some files expected to persist 1.405
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.893
# 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" 18.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:18.944
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 10.918
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 19.270
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.157
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.712
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:51.589
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 3.565
And Tor is ready 25.826
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.436
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.110
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product
55.316
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 13.630
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.146
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 17.136
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:22.144
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 14.498
When I enable persistence 25.244
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 15.521
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 40.180
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.504
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.460
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.657
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 27.319
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 7.480
And the computer reboots Tails 42.315
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.411
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.341
Given I enable persistence 11.209
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.112
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.389
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.181
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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2:30.477
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 12.308
# 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 28.771
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.908
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:17.837
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
47.603
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 10.482
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.213
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 8.194
And all notifications have disappeared 10.236
When I delete the persistent partition 2.869
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:42.209
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 11.149
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.069
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.723
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
54.778
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 10.246
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.054
When I try to enable persistence 1.258
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.560
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.530
And all notifications have disappeared 9.671
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.371
And all tps features are enabled 2.095
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
6:3.475
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 5:18.783
And I enable persistence 29.544
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.205
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.632
And persistence is enabled 2.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
30.812
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 9.373
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 20.660
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.644
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 10.763
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.420
When I enable persistence 13.038
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.056
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
46.878
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 I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.452
When I try to enable persistence 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 5.283
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.313
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.923
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.257
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:10.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 24.696
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.117
When I try to enable persistence 1.246
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.100
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.306
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.045
When I log in to a new session 13.246
And all notifications have disappeared 10.573
# 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" 0.260
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.539
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.339
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.062
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.726
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 10.333
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 12.463
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.414
When I try to enable persistence 1.303
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 4.636
When I log in to a new session 12.633
And all notifications have disappeared 10.006
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.571
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000