Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4317 04 Apr 2026, 08:06

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 27:29.505 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:7.806
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 1:54.427
And I update APT using apt 6.211
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.306
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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56.525
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 21.598
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.488
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.274
And persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 14.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:14.458
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 10.585
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.579
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.091
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 44.875
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.483
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.485
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.092
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.210
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
39.278
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.913
And the system is very low on memory 13.263
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.831
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.076
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.105
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.392
And I free up some memory 0.883
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.765
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:54.102
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 8.679
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.582
And all tps features are active 1.167
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.858
When I disable the first tps feature 3.029
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.172
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 29.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.222
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
12.863
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 7.436
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.047
When I disable the first tps feature 2.619
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.047
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.411
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.029
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 7.287
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.087
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I disable the first tps feature 2.640
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.860
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.042
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 7.156
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.083
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.210
When I write some files expected to persist 1.124
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.130
# 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" 12.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:23.361
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 7.437
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.982
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.144
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.748
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:17.807
And I capture all network traffic 0.005
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 21.655
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.373
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.060
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product
54.921
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 8.716
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.200
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 19.403
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 25.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:7.344
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 8.569
When I enable persistence 25.876
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.590
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.036
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.283
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.272
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.548
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.827
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.153
When I cold reboot the computer 10.378
And the computer reboots Tails 40.663
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.294
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.229
Given I enable persistence 6.923
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.260
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.113
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:53.451
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 8.618
# 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 38.639
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 36.520
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.706
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 24.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
57.758
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 8.460
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.438
Then persistence is disabled 0.106
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 15.873
And all notifications have disappeared 8.902
When I delete the persistent partition 2.689
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:36.458
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 8.599
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.058
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:5.324
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product
58.978
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.265
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.116
When I try to enable persistence 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 25.774
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.393
And all notifications have disappeared 8.044
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.308
And all tps features are enabled 1.846
And all tps features but the first one are active 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.949
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 47.134
And I enable persistence 33.711
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.709
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.570
And persistence is enabled 1.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.574
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 7.063
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.028
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
54.337
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 8.165
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 37.437
When I enable persistence 6.972
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.807
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 7.716
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 27.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.312
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 2.823
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.370
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.134
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.306
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 7.520
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.114
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.617
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 0.027
When I log in to a new session 11.658
And all notifications have disappeared 8.269
# 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" 0.192
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.087
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.197
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.326
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
54.147
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 7.912
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.333
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.317
When I try to enable persistence 1.188
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.580
When I log in to a new session 10.888
And all notifications have disappeared 9.315
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.684
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000