Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4259 28 Feb 2026, 11:57

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 26:2.265 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:37.446
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 1:22.549
And I update APT using apt 7.740
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.258
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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46.838
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 9.289
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.899
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 21.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.823
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 8.966
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.108
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.110
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.299
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.545
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.628
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.174
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.822
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 7.741
And the system is very low on memory 12.052
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.365
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.997
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.362
And I free up some memory 0.824
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.307
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.945
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 8.622
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.426
And all tps features are active 1.174
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.802
When I disable the first tps feature 2.821
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.297
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.929
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.703
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.117
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 7.716
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.072
When I disable the first tps feature 2.546
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.057
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.456
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.539
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 7.787
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.075
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.681
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.896
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.998
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 7.459
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 17.396
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.236
When I write some files expected to persist 1.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.847
# 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" 12.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.557
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 7.538
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 41.143
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.148
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.433
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.360
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 22.314
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.407
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.061
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product
51.679
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 9.279
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.194
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.329
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 27.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:8.897
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 9.121
When I enable persistence 27.289
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.583
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.880
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.411
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.360
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.641
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.357
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.182
When I cold reboot the computer 10.774
And the computer reboots Tails 39.224
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
Given I enable persistence 7.339
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.077
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.697
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:19.415
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 8.450
# 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 33.690
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.533
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.523
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
49.109
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 7.550
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.841
Then persistence is disabled 0.130
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.657
And all notifications have disappeared 9.006
When I delete the persistent partition 2.582
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.509
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 7.426
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.747
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
54.239
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.319
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.099
When I try to enable persistence 1.153
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 23.451
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.788
And all notifications have disappeared 7.963
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.294
And all tps features are enabled 1.011
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.991
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 50.736
And I enable persistence 28.239
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.775
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.496
And persistence is enabled 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.445
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 7.261
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.642
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.285
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 7.501
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 24.269
When I enable persistence 6.604
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.948
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 7.313
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 25.200
When I try to enable persistence 1.230
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.416
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.245
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.293
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.079
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.181
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.449
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 7.379
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 22.523
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 12.579
And all notifications have disappeared 9.037
# 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" 0.119
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.093
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.172
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.232
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:14.204
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 7.652
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 38.641
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.301
When I try to enable persistence 1.216
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.022
When I log in to a new session 10.773
And all notifications have disappeared 9.173
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.624
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000