Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4324 07 Apr 2026, 07:34

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 20:39.747 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.714
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 1:31.081
And I update APT using apt 6.577
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.262
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
27.837
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 8.695
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.552
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.240
And persistence is disabled 0.088
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.553
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 8.295
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.298
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.102
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 16.377
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.390
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 59.590
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.177
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
28.153
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 7.362
And the system is very low on memory 3.257
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.197
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.423
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.357
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.387
And I free up some memory 0.761
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.349
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.034
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 8.220
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.293
And all tps features are active 1.210
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.889
When I disable the first tps feature 2.537
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.074
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.291
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product
12.649
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 7.370
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.053
When I disable the first tps feature 2.514
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.051
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.032
When I enable the first tps feature 2.413
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.040
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
12.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.288
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.051
And I disable the first tps feature 2.574
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.865
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
42.293
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 7.342
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.109
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.244
When I write some files expected to persist 1.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.402
# 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" 12.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:14.897
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 7.313
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 15.168
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.107
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.703
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.539
And I capture all network traffic 0.008
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 21.407
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.384
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.071
Tags: @product
38.162
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.328
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.078
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.624
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:44.664
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 8.526
When I enable persistence 12.578
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.210
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.253
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.277
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.292
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.473
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 23.934
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.139
When I cold reboot the computer 9.973
And the computer reboots Tails 36.386
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.296
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.200
Given I enable persistence 6.986
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.067
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.221
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.708
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:7.240
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 7.889
# 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 28.332
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.475
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:0.750
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
36.554
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 7.604
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.621
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.131
And all notifications have disappeared 8.085
When I delete the persistent partition 2.634
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:18.617
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 persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.888
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:1.185
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product
38.343
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.480
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.066
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 8.924
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.653
And all notifications have disappeared 7.780
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.265
And all tps features are enabled 0.916
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
59.785
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 29.453
And I enable persistence 18.739
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.516
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.549
And persistence is enabled 1.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
21.789
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 7.058
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.186
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.840
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 7.929
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 7.484
When I enable persistence 5.629
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.043
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.920
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 7.661
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.564
When I try to enable persistence 1.347
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.466
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.189
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.518
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.049
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.202
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
40.719
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 7.427
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.047
When I try to enable persistence 1.192
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 7.965
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.036
When I log in to a new session 9.509
And all notifications have disappeared 9.363
# 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" 0.260
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.461
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.199
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.194
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.072
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 7.328
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.759
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.380
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.841
When I log in to a new session 10.326
And all notifications have disappeared 8.270
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.195
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000