Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4315 03 Apr 2026, 07:36

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 21:21.162 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:31.209
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 1:17.533
And I update APT using apt 6.496
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.308
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
29.616
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 8.883
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.306
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.245
And persistence is disabled 0.095
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.823
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 logged in 8.763
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.203
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.695
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.482
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.416
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.718
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.175
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
29.679
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 7.390
And the system is very low on memory 3.565
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.276
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.594
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.098
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.401
And I free up some memory 0.996
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.851
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.212
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 8.469
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.334
And all tps features are active 1.326
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.080
When I disable the first tps feature 2.712
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.104
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.590
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
13.722
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 7.830
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.095
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.083
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.068
When I disable the first tps feature 2.992
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.042
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.057
When I enable the first tps feature 2.443
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
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 7.513
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.125
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.596
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.010
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.912
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 7.384
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 15.959
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.298
When I write some files expected to persist 1.191
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.433
# 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" 12.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.771
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 7.476
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 15.684
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.119
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.202
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:13.996
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.600
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.426
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.065
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.083
Tags: @product
40.028
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 8.721
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.156
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 13.736
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:47.327
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 8.807
When I enable persistence 12.892
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.397
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.883
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.407
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.269
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.524
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 24.198
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.298
When I cold reboot the computer 9.491
And the computer reboots Tails 37.052
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.308
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.163
Given I enable persistence 6.825
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.064
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.247
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.322
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
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2:12.305
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 8.197
# 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 28.098
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.807
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:3.241
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
38.984
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 8.326
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.840
Then persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.210
And all notifications have disappeared 8.461
When I delete the persistent partition 2.635
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:23.015
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 enabled and logged in 7.622
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.061
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.479
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
41.663
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 7.961
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.051
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.256
And all notifications have disappeared 7.911
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.799
And all tps features are enabled 1.247
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:4.194
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 LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 30.913
And I enable persistence 19.771
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.173
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.617
And persistence is enabled 1.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.370
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 7.392
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.437
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.660
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 8.405
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.843
When I enable persistence 6.555
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.039
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.971
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 8.275
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.468
When I try to enable persistence 1.318
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.415
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.873
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.051
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.200
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
43.489
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 7.764
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.185
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.980
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.263
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.030
When I log in to a new session 11.177
And all notifications have disappeared 8.997
# 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" 0.165
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.541
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.198
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.292
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.830
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 7.407
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.161
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.333
When I try to enable persistence 1.220
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.935
When I log in to a new session 10.623
And all notifications have disappeared 9.036
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.379
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000