Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4330 09 Apr 2026, 11:03

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 23:9.281 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:38.259
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 1:23.923
And I update APT using apt 6.689
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.337
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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30.937
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 9.555
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 16.157
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.404
And persistence is disabled 0.109
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:55.789
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 22.341
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.414
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.108
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.833
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.510
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.192
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.172
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
30.858
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 logged in 7.781
And the system is very low on memory 3.736
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.171
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.034
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.129
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.411
And I free up some memory 0.906
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.187
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.928
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 enabled and logged in 9.054
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.352
And all tps features are active 1.420
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.199
When I disable the first tps feature 3.069
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.199
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.608
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.398
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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13.537
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 8.013
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.069
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.058
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.074
When I disable the first tps feature 2.569
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.058
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.074
When I enable the first tps feature 2.497
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.071
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
14.088
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 enabled and logged in 8.119
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 2.739
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.992
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:10.967
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 7.385
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 40.959
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.421
When I write some files expected to persist 1.684
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.164
# 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" 13.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:32.185
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 8.308
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.775
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.130
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.550
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.058
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.710
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.379
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.120
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product
41.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.220
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.076
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.413
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:2.543
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 9.777
When I enable persistence 15.506
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.689
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.263
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.411
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.301
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.547
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.317
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.147
When I cold reboot the computer 10.265
And the computer reboots Tails 41.303
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.362
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.289
Given I enable persistence 8.765
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.082
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.269
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.053
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
2:10.978
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 8.901
# 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 24.096
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.526
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:9.671
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 19.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
40.283
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 8.267
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.933
Then persistence is disabled 0.129
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.096
And all notifications have disappeared 8.808
When I delete the persistent partition 2.724
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:27.496
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 8.242
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.979
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.973
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
46.389
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 8.094
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.044
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 11.462
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.983
And all notifications have disappeared 9.133
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.490
And all tps features are enabled 1.570
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.440
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 33.422
And I enable persistence 21.569
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.738
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.579
And persistence is enabled 2.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.400
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 7.515
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.279
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.417
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 8.370
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.669
When I enable persistence 7.457
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.063
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.835
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 8.119
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.460
When I try to enable persistence 1.248
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.884
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.213
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.607
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.061
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.202
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
44.227
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 7.964
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.078
When I try to enable persistence 1.155
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 8.227
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.029
When I log in to a new session 12.232
And all notifications have disappeared 8.798
# 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" 0.216
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.558
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.225
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.603
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.218
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 8.130
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.677
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.415
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.925
When I log in to a new session 11.054
And all notifications have disappeared 9.253
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.694
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000