Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4339 14 Apr 2026, 08:00

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 25:41.819 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:44.632
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 1:29.626
And I update APT using apt 7.923
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.231
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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50.071
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 9.031
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 28.228
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.273
And persistence is disabled 0.120
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:56.787
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 9.488
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.441
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.127
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 32.292
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.487
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:2.551
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.238
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
42.312
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 8.082
And the system is very low on memory 14.073
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.858
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.598
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.087
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.394
And I free up some memory 0.838
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.907
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:52.404
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 21.917
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.318
And all tps features are active 1.212
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 1.875
When I disable the first tps feature 2.583
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.201
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.898
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
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13.204
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 7.679
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.108
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.067
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I disable the first tps feature 2.610
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.048
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.044
When I enable the first tps feature 2.457
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.048
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.229
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 7.573
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.062
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.073
And I disable the first tps feature 2.561
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.887
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.535
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 7.423
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 21.979
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.246
When I write some files expected to persist 1.205
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.696
# 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" 12.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:52.085
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 7.429
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 40.817
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.784
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.833
And I capture all network traffic 0.006
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 23.435
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.404
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.068
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product
54.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.129
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.121
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 20.875
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 23.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:59.988
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 9.107
When I enable persistence 24.058
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.528
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.686
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.344
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.271
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.661
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.091
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
When I cold reboot the computer 8.000
And the computer reboots Tails 37.261
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.335
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.242
Given I enable persistence 7.150
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.091
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.346
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.471
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product
2:28.691
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 8.773
# 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 36.370
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.368
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.851
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 21.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product
48.926
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 7.887
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 18.330
Then persistence is disabled 0.096
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 10.459
And all notifications have disappeared 9.062
When I delete the persistent partition 2.727
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:24.406
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 8.399
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.070
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.026
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.592
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
46.663
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 7.596
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.063
When I try to enable persistence 1.162
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.447
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.617
And all notifications have disappeared 8.224
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.822
And all tps features are enabled 1.486
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:30.210
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 43.288
And I enable persistence 32.958
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.386
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.892
And persistence is enabled 1.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
22.997
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 7.246
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.184
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
40.216
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 8.060
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 23.091
When I enable persistence 7.297
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
34.477
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 7.770
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 18.013
When I try to enable persistence 1.262
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.546
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.169
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.400
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.059
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.194
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
49.723
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 7.742
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.070
When I try to enable persistence 1.193
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 14.784
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.140
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.034
When I log in to a new session 11.045
And all notifications have disappeared 9.643
# 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" 0.224
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.494
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.160
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.267
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
56.105
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 7.935
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 21.870
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.352
When I try to enable persistence 1.238
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.860
When I log in to a new session 10.502
And all notifications have disappeared 7.994
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.435
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000