Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4333 10 Apr 2026, 11:24

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 26:29.119 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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2:17.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:3.297
And I update APT using apt 7.484
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.327
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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51.611
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 9.144
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 21.233
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.290
And persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 20.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:57.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 10.214
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.470
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.114
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.167
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.457
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.134
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.710
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.275
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
40.454
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 7.828
And the system is very low on memory 13.856
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.805
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.447
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 2.452
And I free up some memory 0.926
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 8.968
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:50.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.988
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.548
And all tps features are active 1.410
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.998
When I disable the first tps feature 3.224
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.339
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.587
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.649
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
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13.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.025
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.082
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.065
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.061
When I disable the first tps feature 2.594
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.046
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.059
When I enable the first tps feature 2.499
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.538
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 7.466
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.100
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I disable the first tps feature 2.866
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.927
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.579
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 7.460
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 21.409
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.248
When I write some files expected to persist 1.226
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.468
# 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" 12.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:35.290
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 7.737
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 19.849
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.135
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.981
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:18.423
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 23.442
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.444
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.069
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.091
Tags: @product
58.103
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 8.589
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.168
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 24.419
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:17.629
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 9.027
When I enable persistence 32.103
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.871
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.078
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.345
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.291
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.585
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.144
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.161
When I cold reboot the computer 10.948
And the computer reboots Tails 40.958
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.427
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.244
Given I enable persistence 7.276
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.090
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.310
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.637
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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2:27.577
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 8.530
# 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 41.290
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.584
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:4.772
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 18.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
52.327
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 8.580
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 19.391
Then persistence is disabled 0.134
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 11.544
And all notifications have disappeared 9.627
When I delete the persistent partition 2.662
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:34.674
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 7.732
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.048
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.476
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.200
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product
52.569
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 8.111
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.068
When I try to enable persistence 1.143
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.523
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.171
And all notifications have disappeared 8.424
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.382
And all tps features are enabled 1.542
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.821
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 40.004
And I enable persistence 30.947
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.249
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.761
And persistence is enabled 1.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
24.455
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 7.397
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 16.431
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.059
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 8.089
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 17.035
When I enable persistence 6.954
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.078
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
32.590
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 7.786
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 16.467
When I try to enable persistence 1.237
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.253
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.218
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.357
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.060
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.223
Then persistence is successfully enabled 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
53.169
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 8.486
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.083
When I try to enable persistence 1.190
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 15.625
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.338
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.027
When I log in to a new session 12.124
And all notifications have disappeared 10.340
# 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" 0.247
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.471
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.187
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.305
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
48.597
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 7.949
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.734
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.349
When I try to enable persistence 1.154
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.033
When I log in to a new session 12.099
And all notifications have disappeared 9.275
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.263
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000