Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4334 11 Apr 2026, 08:02

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 27:7.163 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:40.424
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 1:26.534
And I update APT using apt 6.729
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.234
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.265
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 8.994
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.708
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.234
And persistence is disabled 0.086
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 18.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:12.506
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 23.308
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.351
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.105
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.938
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.462
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:3.915
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.195
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
38.551
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 7.430
And the system is very low on memory 10.299
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.003
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.833
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.162
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.420
And I free up some memory 2.594
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.324
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.553
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 9.021
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 1.735
And all tps features are active 1.218
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.964
When I disable the first tps feature 3.009
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.260
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 25.688
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.378
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
13.734
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 7.523
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.257
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.117
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.099
When I disable the first tps feature 3.024
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.053
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.042
When I enable the first tps feature 2.490
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.079
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.211
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 7.276
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.102
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.099
And I disable the first tps feature 2.858
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.830
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.941
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 7.249
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 18.353
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.217
When I write some files expected to persist 1.388
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.350
# 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" 12.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:26.721
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
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 19.979
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.129
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.209
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:15.874
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.599
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.395
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.090
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product
1:5.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.030
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.132
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.207
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 22.256
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 32.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:10.793
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 9.102
When I enable persistence 33.815
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.570
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.863
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.376
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.307
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.561
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.019
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.150
When I cold reboot the computer 10.418
And the computer reboots Tails 36.476
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.311
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.263
Given I enable persistence 6.899
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.117
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.219
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.145
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
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2:38.989
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 8.883
# 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 47.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.938
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:1.811
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product
1:0.414
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 8.866
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 20.191
Then persistence is disabled 0.094
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 19.608
And all notifications have disappeared 8.678
When I delete the persistent partition 2.689
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:37.584
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 7.783
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.092
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.716
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:12.771
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product
50.618
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 8.449
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.058
When I try to enable persistence 1.203
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 18.370
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.858
And all notifications have disappeared 8.282
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.297
And all tps features are enabled 1.033
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:17.663
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 41.286
And I enable persistence 24.192
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.108
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.510
And persistence is enabled 1.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.609
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 7.205
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.858
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.754
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 8.652
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 51.679
When I enable persistence 6.506
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.057
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.802
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 7.788
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 24.586
When I try to enable persistence 1.232
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.129
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.197
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.560
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.162
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
57.255
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 7.715
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.071
When I try to enable persistence 1.205
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 21.852
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.025
When I log in to a new session 11.280
And all notifications have disappeared 9.843
# 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" 0.173
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.492
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.231
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.304
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
1:3.232
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 7.791
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 27.107
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.332
When I try to enable persistence 1.250
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.055
When I log in to a new session 11.126
And all notifications have disappeared 9.350
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.367
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000