Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4260 01 Mar 2026, 11:37

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 25:43.285 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:41.307
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 1:26.894
And I update APT using apt 7.233
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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58.531
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 9.390
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.266
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And persistence is disabled 0.098
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 30.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.952
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 9.485
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.251
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 29.596
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.567
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.652
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
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39.348
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 7.731
And the system is very low on memory 12.931
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.831
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.051
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.123
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.474
And I free up some memory 0.974
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.181
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.798
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 8.702
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.353
And all tps features are active 1.239
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.054
When I disable the first tps feature 2.629
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.176
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.324
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.799
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 8.213
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.120
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.088
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.091
When I disable the first tps feature 2.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.083
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.044
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.086
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 7.323
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.185
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.059
And I disable the first tps feature 2.607
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.877
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.981
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 7.559
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.873
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.348
When I write some files expected to persist 1.209
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.989
# 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" 12.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:39.838
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 7.871
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.661
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.115
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.918
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:25.099
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 22.442
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.469
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
49.054
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.918
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.090
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.110
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.122
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 9.396
When I enable persistence 24.182
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.359
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.724
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.332
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.522
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.415
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.140
When I cold reboot the computer 9.185
And the computer reboots Tails 38.366
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.305
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
Given I enable persistence 7.543
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.079
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.248
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.515
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:38.288
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 8.484
# 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 33.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.962
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:20.584
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
54.251
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 8.442
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.646
Then persistence is disabled 0.121
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.197
And all notifications have disappeared 8.733
When I delete the persistent partition 2.784
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.312
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 7.838
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.114
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.002
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.028
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
50.408
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 8.250
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.089
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.456
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.596
And all notifications have disappeared 8.363
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.926
And all tps features are enabled 1.457
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.919
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 42.641
And I enable persistence 32.522
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.235
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.660
And persistence is enabled 1.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.351
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 7.499
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.259
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.121
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 8.370
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.014
When I enable persistence 7.371
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
31.103
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 8.048
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.991
When I try to enable persistence 1.293
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.647
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.465
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.209
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.439
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 7.674
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.088
When I try to enable persistence 1.271
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.300
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.199
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 11.534
And all notifications have disappeared 9.885
# 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" 0.236
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.582
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.190
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.489
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.267
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 7.775
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.472
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.338
When I try to enable persistence 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.857
When I log in to a new session 12.225
And all notifications have disappeared 8.885
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.670
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000