Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4270 10 Mar 2026, 08:01

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 27:12.919 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:34.415
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 1:20.946
And I update APT using apt 6.342
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.269
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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45.661
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 8.839
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.304
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.227
And persistence is disabled 0.125
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.272
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 9.123
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.880
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.172
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 38.949
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.453
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.648
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.812
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.163
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product
38.355
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 7.554
And the system is very low on memory 12.334
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.153
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.673
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.108
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.357
And I free up some memory 0.818
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.285
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:53.515
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 enabled and logged in 8.786
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.547
And all tps features are active 1.183
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.030
When I disable the first tps feature 2.552
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.071
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 26.753
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.469
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.432
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 7.705
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.074
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.872
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.050
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.425
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.920
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 7.488
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I disable the first tps feature 3.382
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.876
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:35.094
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 19.840
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 39.987
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.285
When I write some files expected to persist 1.146
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.586
# 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" 12.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:27.832
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 7.510
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.392
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.117
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.753
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.200
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.226
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.390
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.063
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.058
Tags: @product
56.209
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 8.752
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.138
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.252
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 31.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:21.358
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 9.181
When I enable persistence 47.913
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.395
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.439
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.310
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.204
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.508
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.158
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.171
When I cold reboot the computer 7.485
And the computer reboots Tails 36.582
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.217
Given I enable persistence 7.160
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.206
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.798
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
2:55.560
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 8.545
# 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 49.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 30.119
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.950
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 23.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
59.004
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 8.648
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.771
Then persistence is disabled 0.126
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.763
And all notifications have disappeared 8.750
When I delete the persistent partition 2.655
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:33.508
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 7.339
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.055
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.931
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:11.965
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
51.581
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 8.209
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.053
When I try to enable persistence 1.287
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.628
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.568
And all notifications have disappeared 8.384
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.270
And all tps features are enabled 1.034
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.850
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 43.993
And I enable persistence 26.465
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.282
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.564
And persistence is enabled 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.529
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 7.137
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.813
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
43.210
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 7.995
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 27.963
When I enable persistence 5.569
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.053
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
47.340
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 7.414
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 30.276
When I try to enable persistence 1.329
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.334
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.423
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.062
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.227
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.184
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 7.555
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.295
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.478
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.259
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 10.971
And all notifications have disappeared 8.740
# 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" 0.203
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.434
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.176
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.215
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.082
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 7.737
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 27.618
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.307
When I try to enable persistence 1.201
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.909
When I log in to a new session 11.849
And all notifications have disappeared 8.124
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.420
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000