Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4294 26 Mar 2026, 11:04

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 22:8.702 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.568
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 1:21.331
And I update APT using apt 6.800
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.282
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.230
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 9.192
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.220
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.283
And persistence is disabled 0.100
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.427
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 8.586
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.335
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.160
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.003
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.508
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.570
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:0.998
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.214
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product
28.411
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 7.548
And the system is very low on memory 3.475
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.166
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.846
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.160
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.364
And I free up some memory 0.957
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.806
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.276
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 8.704
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.342
And all tps features are active 1.474
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.093
When I disable the first tps feature 2.504
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.138
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.009
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.889
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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14.153
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 8.094
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.096
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.062
When I disable the first tps feature 3.023
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.111
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.543
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.350
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 7.527
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I disable the first tps feature 2.608
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.989
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.869
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 7.784
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 17.248
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.295
When I write some files expected to persist 1.251
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.786
# 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" 12.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:21.169
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 7.694
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 19.333
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.108
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.127
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.609
And I capture all network traffic 0.003
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 23.645
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.369
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.067
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.096
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40.425
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 9.023
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.094
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.945
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:55.560
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 9.196
When I enable persistence 13.825
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.562
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.732
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.380
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.323
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.576
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.405
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.166
When I cold reboot the computer 10.381
And the computer reboots Tails 39.104
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.398
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
Given I enable persistence 8.279
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.078
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.273
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.495
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:16.042
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 9.020
# 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 29.527
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.935
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.980
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
41.519
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 8.853
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.866
Then persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.919
And all notifications have disappeared 8.422
When I delete the persistent partition 2.936
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:22.742
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 7.989
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.073
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.920
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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45.128
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.790
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.298
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.983
And all notifications have disappeared 8.752
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.372
And all tps features are enabled 1.612
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.351
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 34.742
And I enable persistence 20.455
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.637
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.720
And persistence is enabled 1.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 7.581
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.583
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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26.756
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 8.955
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.520
When I enable persistence 7.431
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.593
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 8.577
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.235
When I try to enable persistence 1.249
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.301
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.208
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.601
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.300
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.140
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 8.509
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.178
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.621
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 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.371
And all notifications have disappeared 9.898
# 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" 0.251
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.540
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.321
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 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.223
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 8.043
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.287
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.386
When I try to enable persistence 1.291
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.055
When I log in to a new session 11.794
And all notifications have disappeared 8.653
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.821
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000