Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4292 25 Mar 2026, 11:24

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 25:17.456 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:52.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:31.620
And I update APT using apt 12.854
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.813
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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36.811
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 8.982
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.650
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And persistence is disabled 0.101
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 6.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.091
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 23.148
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 22.742
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.452
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.534
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.555
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.211
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product
35.653
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 7.854
And the system is very low on memory 9.580
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.267
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.341
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.145
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.399
And I free up some memory 0.899
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.081
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.260
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 22.419
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
And all tps features are active 1.464
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.220
When I disable the first tps feature 2.644
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.351
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.846
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.895
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.676
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 7.627
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.098
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 3.065
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.069
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.058
When I enable the first tps feature 2.510
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.057
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.449
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 7.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.083
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
And I disable the first tps feature 2.610
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.937
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:2.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.126
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 18.039
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.269
When I write some files expected to persist 1.257
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.815
# 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" 13.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.117
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 7.940
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 42.230
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.943
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:20.445
And I capture all network traffic 0.018
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 22.730
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.438
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.058
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
Tags: @product
53.145
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 9.091
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.114
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.850
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:5.558
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 9.102
When I enable persistence 24.721
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.855
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.951
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.304
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.519
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.097
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.189
When I cold reboot the computer 10.508
And the computer reboots Tails 37.578
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.315
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.230
Given I enable persistence 8.012
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.345
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.183
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:21.338
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 8.908
# 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 32.431
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.790
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:5.080
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
48.730
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 9.118
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.763
Then persistence is disabled 0.137
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 7.760
And all notifications have disappeared 9.282
When I delete the persistent partition 3.305
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:29.479
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 8.399
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.787
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
52.501
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 8.527
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.253
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 17.441
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.853
And all notifications have disappeared 8.359
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.345
And all tps features are enabled 1.516
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:18.279
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 38.218
And I enable persistence 26.223
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.291
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.684
And persistence is enabled 1.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.725
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 7.470
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.685
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.615
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 8.960
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 16.010
When I enable persistence 8.556
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
28.368
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 8.439
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.547
When I try to enable persistence 1.280
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.244
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.708
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.211
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
51.796
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 8.935
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.090
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 12.751
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 13.253
And all notifications have disappeared 9.969
# 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" 0.319
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.603
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.186
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.344
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
58.413
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 7.954
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.215
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.320
When I try to enable persistence 1.222
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.727
When I log in to a new session 12.233
And all notifications have disappeared 9.346
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.497
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000