Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4299 28 Mar 2026, 07:41

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 21:55.604 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.563
And I update APT using apt 6.520
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.273
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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29.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.660
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.649
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.303
And persistence is disabled 0.157
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.715
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 8.494
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.289
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.121
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.684
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.493
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.196
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.233
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product
29.156
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 7.671
And the system is very low on memory 3.746
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.289
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.114
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.170
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.371
And I free up some memory 0.859
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.872
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.278
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 9.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.311
And all tps features are active 1.421
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.981
When I disable the first tps feature 2.503
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.428
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.189
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
13.427
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 7.713
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.061
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.127
When I disable the first tps feature 2.732
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.054
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.458
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.370
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 7.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.081
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
And I disable the first tps feature 2.580
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.025
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
57.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.737
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 16.947
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.359
When I write some files expected to persist 1.178
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.133
# 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" 12.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:29.094
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 8.454
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 17.277
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.116
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.453
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.329
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 21.683
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.431
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.093
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
40.823
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 8.492
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.112
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.769
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:48.684
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 8.884
When I enable persistence 13.946
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.401
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.851
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.403
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.634
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.933
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 6.694
And the computer reboots Tails 37.989
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.319
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.243
Given I enable persistence 8.133
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.071
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.267
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.154
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
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2:20.034
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 8.873
# 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 29.524
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.006
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.471
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 27.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
41.219
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 8.943
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.673
Then persistence is disabled 0.105
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.392
And all notifications have disappeared 8.626
When I delete the persistent partition 3.020
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:20.227
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 7.850
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.062
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.012
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
43.124
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 8.412
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.084
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.518
And all notifications have disappeared 8.323
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.821
And all tps features are enabled 1.506
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.486
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 31.436
And I enable persistence 18.925
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.054
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.600
And persistence is enabled 1.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.617
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 7.223
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.802
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.989
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 8.551
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.675
When I enable persistence 6.757
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.314
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 8.130
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.841
When I try to enable persistence 1.219
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.976
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.614
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.198
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.330
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 7.962
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.050
When I try to enable persistence 1.198
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.519
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.168
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.043
When I log in to a new session 10.722
And all notifications have disappeared 9.076
# 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" 0.239
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.115
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.151
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.249
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.393
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 8.113
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.124
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.403
When I try to enable persistence 1.159
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.958
When I log in to a new session 10.939
And all notifications have disappeared 8.365
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.399
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000