Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4345 15 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 26:3.893 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:47.418
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 1:32.029
And I update APT using apt 7.172
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.403
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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44.301
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 9.360
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 24.689
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.417
And persistence is disabled 0.282
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 9.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.869
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 9.534
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.493
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.122
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 31.954
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.519
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.162
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.199
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product
42.103
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 without a persistent partition and logged in 9.320
And the system is very low on memory 12.117
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 1.208
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.915
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.095
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.470
And I free up some memory 0.866
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 10.633
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:51.116
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 9.625
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.422
And all tps features are active 1.365
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.505
When I disable the first tps feature 2.857
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.887
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.720
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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14.857
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 8.233
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.140
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.093
When I disable the first tps feature 3.035
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.063
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.048
When I enable the first tps feature 3.045
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.053
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.487
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 7.385
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.126
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.072
And I disable the first tps feature 2.714
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 3.134
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:8.332
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 7.972
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 21.484
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.211
When I write some files expected to persist 1.361
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.621
# 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" 13.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:33.689
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 8.073
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 21.047
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.152
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.390
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:19.822
And I capture all network traffic 0.007
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.551
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.396
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.080
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.059
Tags: @product
46.070
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 stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.868
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.142
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 18.328
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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3:13.004
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 8.834
When I enable persistence 25.831
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.017
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.395
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.462
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.401
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.530
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.901
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.203
When I cold reboot the computer 10.793
And the computer reboots Tails 41.670
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.339
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.256
Given I enable persistence 8.058
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.302
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.735
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
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2:27.374
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 8.471
# 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 40.016
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.341
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:8.341
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
55.631
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 8.837
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 22.074
Then persistence is disabled 0.091
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 12.541
And all notifications have disappeared 9.048
When I delete the persistent partition 2.707
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:32.985
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 8.405
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.091
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.988
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:14.190
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product
49.585
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 7.952
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.111
When I try to enable persistence 1.252
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 15.452
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 12.811
And all notifications have disappeared 8.142
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.404
And all tps features are enabled 1.179
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:26.362
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 42.361
And I enable persistence 29.515
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.958
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.805
And persistence is enabled 1.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
26.551
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 7.390
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 18.564
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
39.908
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 8.920
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 21.537
When I enable persistence 7.608
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.058
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
36.088
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 8.414
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 17.984
When I try to enable persistence 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 4.129
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.275
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.687
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.068
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.192
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
55.375
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 8.145
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.082
When I try to enable persistence 1.196
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 16.738
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.298
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.028
When I log in to a new session 13.047
And all notifications have disappeared 10.235
# 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" 0.186
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.560
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.529
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.515
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
52.777
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 7.698
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 14.439
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.345
When I try to enable persistence 1.211
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.341
When I log in to a new session 13.007
And all notifications have disappeared 8.700
Then the Tor Browser starts 2.096
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000