Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4263 03 Mar 2026, 12:02

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 27:57.878 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:32.793
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 1:19.589
And I update APT using apt 6.078
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.257
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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49.731
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 8.927
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.871
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.270
And persistence is disabled 0.111
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 24.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:0.500
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 21.717
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.259
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.075
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 24.803
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.434
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.797
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.203
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
42.213
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 7.515
And the system is very low on memory 17.506
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.674
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.591
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.114
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.339
And I free up some memory 0.802
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.623
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.294
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:10.402
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 8.496
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And all tps features are active 1.138
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.159
When I disable the first tps feature 2.558
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.286
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 33.486
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.870
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
12.984
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 7.606
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.092
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.059
When I disable the first tps feature 2.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.049
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.033
When I enable the first tps feature 2.431
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.132
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 7.269
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.078
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.057
And I disable the first tps feature 2.787
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.900
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:6.478
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 7.287
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.705
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.217
When I write some files expected to persist 1.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.955
# 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" 12.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
4:5.662
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 7.375
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 18.730
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:4.993
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.640
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.215
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.381
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.064
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
1:2.506
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.775
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.279
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.138
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 33.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:14.113
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 9.232
When I enable persistence 41.278
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.409
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.773
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.379
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.236
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.503
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.925
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.158
When I cold reboot the computer 8.886
And the computer reboots Tails 35.308
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.290
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.209
Given I enable persistence 7.159
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.069
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.202
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.945
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:51.933
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 8.162
# 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 51.255
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.419
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.431
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product
54.069
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 7.431
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.183
Then persistence is disabled 0.085
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.789
And all notifications have disappeared 8.550
When I delete the persistent partition 2.687
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.179
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 7.420
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.083
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.969
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.476
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product
48.181
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 7.449
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.112
When I try to enable persistence 1.210
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 16.827
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.960
And all notifications have disappeared 8.212
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.282
And all tps features are enabled 1.054
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.091
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 41.520
And I enable persistence 28.837
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.695
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.556
And persistence is enabled 1.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.509
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 7.133
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.855
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.857
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 7.465
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.070
When I enable persistence 6.515
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.046
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.765
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 7.264
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.606
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.183
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.250
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.065
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.206
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.832
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 7.495
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.125
When I try to enable persistence 1.191
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.806
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.186
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.023
When I log in to a new session 12.312
And all notifications have disappeared 8.341
# 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" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.079
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.153
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.206
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.939
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 7.445
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.918
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.319
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.533
When I log in to a new session 11.313
And all notifications have disappeared 9.747
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 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000