Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4300 28 Mar 2026, 11:34

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 26:1.266 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:51.058
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 1:31.598
And I update APT using apt 11.614
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.949
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.570
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 9.098
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.998
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.276
And persistence is disabled 0.099
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 13.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.681
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 11.462
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.407
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.599
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.585
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.326
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.214
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.840
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 7.474
And the system is very low on memory 13.484
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.916
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.812
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.146
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.439
And I free up some memory 0.904
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.605
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.253
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 9.407
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.434
And all tps features are active 1.269
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.218
When I disable the first tps feature 2.789
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.452
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.476
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.966
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
13.383
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 7.863
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.105
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.070
When I disable the first tps feature 2.547
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.060
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.043
When I enable the first tps feature 2.493
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.070
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.503
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 7.733
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I disable the first tps feature 2.666
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.923
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.167
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 7.494
And the network is plugged 0.088
And Tor is ready 23.261
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.295
When I write some files expected to persist 1.267
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.201
# 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" 12.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:36.941
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 8.088
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.933
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.154
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.187
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:21.545
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.359
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.444
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.057
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
53.726
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 8.882
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.072
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.014
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:11.435
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 8.880
When I enable persistence 30.696
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.428
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.155
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.370
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.356
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.561
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.970
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.160
When I cold reboot the computer 10.712
And the computer reboots Tails 37.572
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.382
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.220
Given I enable persistence 7.229
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.081
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.250
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.234
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:24.143
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 8.141
# 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 32.457
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.074
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.629
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
50.150
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 7.616
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.191
Then persistence is disabled 0.110
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.397
And all notifications have disappeared 8.544
When I delete the persistent partition 2.869
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.801
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 7.773
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.054
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.575
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.167
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
49.851
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 7.868
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.060
When I try to enable persistence 1.195
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.901
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 13.067
And all notifications have disappeared 8.212
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.822
And all tps features are enabled 1.464
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.382
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 42.594
And I enable persistence 25.536
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.870
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.680
And persistence is enabled 1.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.751
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 7.268
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.956
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.154
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 8.530
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 22.689
When I enable persistence 6.824
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.518
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 8.882
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 20.187
When I try to enable persistence 1.265
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.432
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.442
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.071
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.151
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.461
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 8.080
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.097
When I try to enable persistence 1.200
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.471
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 13.053
And all notifications have disappeared 10.390
# 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" 0.207
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.467
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.208
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.359
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.489
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 7.806
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.873
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.340
When I try to enable persistence 1.272
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.525
When I log in to a new session 12.860
And all notifications have disappeared 9.076
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.870
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 7.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000