Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4313 02 Apr 2026, 11:29

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 26:2.711 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:45.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:29.225
And I update APT using apt 8.474
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.281
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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59.679
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 22.531
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.618
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.315
And persistence is disabled 0.151
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 16.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.232
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 23.422
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.150
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 28.411
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.443
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.324
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.186
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product
38.107
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 7.567
And the system is very low on memory 10.567
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.373
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.792
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.102
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.362
And I free up some memory 0.834
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.027
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:40.751
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 8.948
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.398
And all tps features are active 1.183
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.152
When I disable the first tps feature 3.119
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.274
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.773
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.871
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
13.748
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 7.668
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.168
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.138
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.049
When I disable the first tps feature 3.054
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.073
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.053
When I enable the first tps feature 2.447
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.506
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 7.823
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.060
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.087
And I disable the first tps feature 2.593
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.900
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:31.647
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 7.695
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 44.117
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.213
When I write some files expected to persist 1.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.680
# 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" 13.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:28.324
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 7.616
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 18.339
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.132
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.997
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.431
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 23.116
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.411
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.104
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.054
Tags: @product
56.125
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.044
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.174
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.488
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 26.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:4.896
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 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.604
When I enable persistence 24.462
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.764
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.266
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.399
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.358
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.602
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.031
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 7.924
And the computer reboots Tails 40.323
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.333
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.267
Given I enable persistence 6.999
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.076
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.217
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.875
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
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2:24.016
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 8.733
# 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 34.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.740
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.459
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
47.437
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 8.200
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.512
Then persistence is disabled 0.114
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.908
And all notifications have disappeared 8.651
When I delete the persistent partition 2.711
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.442
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 8.424
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.710
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.027
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product
51.852
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 8.371
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.075
When I try to enable persistence 1.156
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.318
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.561
And all notifications have disappeared 8.379
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.351
And all tps features are enabled 1.409
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:19.204
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 41.118
And I enable persistence 24.288
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.509
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.591
And persistence is enabled 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.436
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.428
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.474
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
37.720
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 8.603
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 20.226
When I enable persistence 7.051
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
35.856
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 8.169
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.210
When I try to enable persistence 1.359
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.234
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.202
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.401
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.082
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.141
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.119
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.525
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.165
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.843
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 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.863
And all notifications have disappeared 9.128
# 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" 1.011
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.507
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.418
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.461
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
50.526
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 7.812
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 13.863
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.361
When I try to enable persistence 1.152
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.672
When I log in to a new session 11.345
And all notifications have disappeared 9.091
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.368
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000